Fruit Resources
Insects and Diseases
Identify your insect or disease problem, learn its biology, and discover management
options.
Intermountainfruit.org
This website provides complete production and pest management information for growing
fruit commercially in Utah, Colorado, and Idaho.
Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guide
The Intermountain Commercial Tree Fruit Production guide contains pest management
methods, IPM and monitoring tips, and recommendations for commercial fruit production
in Utah, Colorado, and Idaho.
Backyard Fruit Production Guide
The Utah Home Orchard Pest Management guide outlines tried and true pest management practices for common fruit trees found in many backyards of Utah.
Invasive Fruit Guide
The Invasive Fruit Pest Guide for Utah identification, monitoring, and management tips for emerging pest issues, including spotted wing drosophila, brown marmorated stink bug, brown rot, and more.
Fruit Research Reports
These reports highlight tree fruit research in pest management from the USU Extension IPM team.
Insect Biofixes
Look up historic biofix dates for codling moth, peach twig borer, and greater peachtree
borer. Dates can be found for over 20 cities in Utah, dating back to 2004.
Utah TRAPs
Utah TRAPs (Temperature Resource and Alerts for Pests) is a degree day calculator
from the Utah Climate Center. Utah TRAPs can predict treatment timing for codling
moth, peach twig borer, western cherry fruit fly, greater peach tree borer, San Jose
scale, and fire blight.
Sustainable Orchard Management System
The Sustainable Orchard Management System for Intermountain Orchards is a resource guide that describes the importance of integrated pest management in orchards, and why it is helpful.