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Much of the information presented here was developed from A Pocket Guide for IPM Scouting in Stone Fruits by David Epstein, Larry J. Gut, Alan L. Jones and Kimberly Maxson-Stein. This publication is a pocket-sized guide for reference in the orchard. Purchase from MSU Extension (Publication E-2840. Also available in Spanish E-2840SP).

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Insect and mite pests
Beneficials, natural enemies
Diseases
Weeds

Insect and mite pests

American plum borer
Aphids
Black cherry aphid
Black cherry fruit flies
Borers
Cherry fruit flies
Cherry fruitworm
Cherry leafminer
European red mite

Green fruitworm
Green peach aphid
Green stink bug
Japanese beetle
Lesser peachtree borer
Mineola moth
Mites
Peachtree borer
Pear slug/sawfly

Plum curcilio
Plum nursery mite
Plum rust mite
Sawfly
Speckled green fruitworm
Twospotted spider mite
Western flower thrips
White apple leafhopper

Beneficials, natural enemies

Agistemus fleschneri Amblyseius fallacis	Assassin bug Braconid wasp	Damsel bug
Diseases
Alternaria fruit rot American brown rot Armillaria root rot Bacterial canker	Bacterial spot Cherry leaf spot Crown gall European brown rot	Phytophthora root and crown rot Powdery mildew of cherry X-disease
Weeds
Annual sowthistle Barnyardgrass Blackseed plantain Broadleaf dock Broadleaf plantain Buckhorn plantain Bull thistle Canada goldenrod Canada thistle Common chickweed Common lambsquarters Common mallow Common milkweed Common purslane Common ragweed Corn speedwell Curly dock Dandelion Eastern black nightshade Fall panicum Field bindweed	Field horsetail Giant foxtail Giant ragweed Green foxtail Ground ivy Hedge bindweed Horsenettle Horseweed Ladysthumb Large crabgrass Purslane speedwell Marestail Mouseear chickweed Pale smartweed Pennsylvania smartweed Perennial sowthistle Poison ivy Powell amaranth Prickly lettuce Prostrate pigweed Quackgrass	Redroot pigweed Scouringrush Slender speedwell Smooth crabgrass Smooth pigweed Spiny sowthistle Spotted napweed Swamp smartweed Tumble pigweed Velvetleaf Venice mallow Vetches Virginia creeper Western ragweed Wild grapes Wild mustard Wild proso millet Witchgrass Yellow foxtail Yellow nutsedge

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07-10-09