UTAH PESTS' Tree Fruit IPM Advisories provide updates on current insect and disease sightings and outbreak predictions, and highlights upcoming concerns for tree fruit growers.
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Advisories 2008
Current Issue: August 28: codling moth, white apple leafhopper, bacterial canker, spider mites
August 20: codling moth, san jose scale, greater peachtree borer, phytophthora root rot, walnut husk fly
August 6: codling moth, fire blight, peach insects (stink bug, earwig, boxelder bug)
July 30: white apple leafhopper, shot hole, greater peachtree borer, western cherry fruit fly
July 23: codling moth, pear psylla, anthracnose canker on apple, apricot damage to fruit, western cherry fruit fly, walnut husk fly
July 16: codling moth, examples of damage to nectarines
July 9: codling moth, lygus bug, California prionus
July 2: codling moth, flatheaded appletree borer, woolly apple aphid, peach twig borer, cytospora canker, powdery mildew
June 25: codling moth, apple/pearleaf blister mite, peach twig borer, greater peachtree borer, weevil damage, spider mites, obliquebanded leafroller, iron deficiency
June 18: codling moth, San Jose scale, fire blight, peach twig borer, greater peachtree borer, western cherry fruit fly, fruitworm damage, spray information
June 12: codling moth, fruitworm, woolly apple aphid, apple scab, peach twig borer, green peach aphid, greater peachtree borer, black cherry aphid, walnut husk fly
June 4: codling moth, white apple leafhopper, fire blight, peach twig borer, coryneum blight, western cherry fruit fly
May 28: codling moth, aphids, spider mites, powdery mildew, fire blight, peach twig borer, western cherry fruit fly
May 23: codling moth biofixes, fire blight, peach twig borer
May 14: codling moth biofixes, pear psylla, fire blight, cat-facing insects, coryneum blight
May 7: codling moth biofixes, rosy apple aphid, campylomma, fire blight, powdery mildew, green peach aphid, alternate-bearing apples
April 30: codling moth trapping and getting a biofix
April 23: bud stages, campylomma bug, frost damage
April 16: bud stages, green fruitworm, apple aphids, peach twig borer, mating disruption
April 9: bud stages, San Jose scale, effect of pH on pesticides
April 2: bud stages, dormant oil, coryneum blight, copper sprays, Apogee
March 26: bud stages, dormant oil, using pheromone traps for monitoring
March 19: pesticide updates, dormant oil sprays, fire blight information, monitoring toolkit
For questions or comments, please contact:
Marion Murray (click to send an email)
USU Extension IPM Project Leader
435-797-0776