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While this page is under construction, descriptions and images of cherry pests are included in the information at: http://ipm.msu.edu/stonefruit.htm

 

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).
scouting guide

 

Tips for identifying and managing:

Insect and mite pests

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

Green stink bug
Japanese beetle
Lesser peachtree borer
Mineola moth
Mites
Peachtree borer
Pear slug/sawfly
Plum curcilio
Plum nuersery 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

 

 

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Update: 02/07/08
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