• Tree Fruit Pests of the Month! What is causing these enlarged lateral buds in peach?
  

Pest Insect and Disease Biology and Monitoring

• Order Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide
• Biological and monitoring information on orchard arthropods: Reprinted with permission from Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide, published by NRAES, 152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-5701. (607) 255-7654
 
• Direct Pests of Peach
 
• Oriental fruit moth
• Plum curculio
• Tarnished plant bug
• Stink Bugs
• Japanese beetle
• Green June beetle
• Western flower thrips
• Indirect Pests of Peach
 
• Peachtree borer
• Lesser peachtree borer
• Green peach aphid
• Black peach aphid
• European red mite
• Peach silver mite
• White peach scale
• San Jose scale
• European fruit lecanium and terrapin scale
• Direct Pests of Cherry
 
• Cherry fruit flies
• Plum curculio
• Indirect Pests of Cherry
 
• American plum borer
• Black cherry aphid
• Fruit Disease Focus, prepared by Alan Biggs at the West Virginia Fruit Lab
• Fruit Insect Focus, prepared by Henry Hogmire at the West Virginia Fruit Lab
• Insect-transmitted diseases of stone fruits
 
• Plum pox
• Peach yellows
• tree fruit diseases (West Virginia University)

 
• Biological and monitoring information for stone fruit diseases:
 
• Disease information and index of photos
• Plum pox sites 
 
• Penn State
• West Virginia University
• Virtual Orchard




• Current pheromone trap data for selected stone and pome fruit pests
 
• Virginia Counties:
• 2008:  Montgomery, Madison (see Graves Apple and Peach data), Nelson, Rappahannock, Winchester
• 2005: Albemarle, Amherst, Botetourt, Montgomery, Madison (see Graves Apple and Peach data), Nelson, Rappahannock, Winchester
• 2004: Albemarle, Amherst, Botetourt, Montgomery, Madison (see Graves Apple and Peach data), Nelson, Rappahannock, Winchester
• 2003: Albemarle, Amherst, Botetourt, Montgomery, Madison (see Graves Apple and Peach data), Nelson, Rappahannock, Winchester
• 2002: Albemarle (Covesville;Miller School), Amherst, Botetourt, Montgomery (also see 2001), Nelson, Patrick, Rappahannock

• West Virginia
• Degree-day use and interpretation for growers
• Degree-day targets for CM, OFM and TBM


• The Orchard Monitor, a biweekly newsletter on fruit IPM from West Virginia University

• En español: El Manual de Monitoreo de Plagas, Enemigos Naturales y Enfermidades del Manzano, Peral y Cerezo: Una Guia Ilustrada para el estado de Washington (Orchard Monitoring Manual for Pests, Natural Enemies and Diseases of Apple, Pear and Cherry: An Illustrated Guide for Washington State)

Biological Control

• Predators of Mites and AphidsReprinted with permission from Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide, published by NRAES, 152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-5701. (607) 255-7654
 
Predators of Mites - L.A. Hull and R. L. Horsburgh
 
• Stethorus punctum
• Amblyseius fallacis
• Zetzellia mali
• Minute pirate bugs
• Black hunter
• Predatory mirids
Predators of aphids - D. G. Pfeiffer and H. W. Hogmire
 
• Syrphid flies
• Aphid midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza
• Green and brown lacewings
• Ladybird beetles
• Minute pirate bugs
• Toxicity to Orchard Predators from Pesticides [from 2010 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419)]

 
• Biological Control: Natural Enemies of North America (Cornell)


• Entomopathogenic Nematodes

    General information (OSU)
    Certis USA (source for entomopathogenic nematodes)

Chemical Control

• Your Nearest Poison Control Center - (800) 222-1222

• Control Recommendations (Use caution, because pest species and recommended controls vary regionally. Recommendations for commericial use and home use are made separately for specific reasons. Many pesticides used by commercial growers require applicators to be certified; these may not legally be purchased or applied by non-certified applicators. Materials recommended for home fruit production are safer for application in the typical homeowner environment.).
• Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland 2009 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419) (Complete PDF version - hard copy of 2009 guide - $12.60 including tax.  Shipping will be charged; call 540-231-1322).

(Abridged 2010 html version)
• IPM Introduction
• Tables of recommendations
• Text on Insecticides
• Degree-day targets for CM, OFM and TBM
• Mode of action
• Text on Fungicides and Bactericides (WVU)
• Wildlife Management (WVU)
• Orchard Nutritional Programs (WVU)
• Nematode Management (WVU)
• 2010  Pest Management Guide for Home Fruit (Virginia Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-018) in PDF format(Abridged html version) (The Pest Management Guide is available on-line for free. Hard copies are also available for $5.00 plus $5.27 shipping).  Call 540-231-1322.
  
(Abridged html version)
• Disease and Insects
• Weeds
• Toxicological and environmental profiles of specific pesticides in Virginia-West Virginia recommendations, with Label and MSDS information from CDMS link

 
• 2008-2009 Penn State Tree Fruit Spray Recommendations
• New York 2009 Pest Management Recommendations
• North Carolina 2008 Pest Management Recommendations
• Southern Peach, Nectarine and Plum Pest Management and Culture Guide
• Midwest 2009 Orchard Pest Management Recommendations
• Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook
• Washington 2009 Pest Management Recommendations (PDF)

• Toxicity to Orchard Predators from Pesticides [from 2010 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419)]
• Toxicity to Honey Bees of Fruit Insecticides [from 2010 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia and West Virginia Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419)]

• Regulatory updates on pesticides:

• Pesticide labels, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and Toxicological and environmental profiles of specific pesticides in Virginia-West Virginia-Maryland recommendations, also through CDMS link


• Pesticide labels, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) from CDMS

• Modes of Action Classification Scheme for Insecticides (PDF), in Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) group site (see IRAC Classification), and Fungicides (Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) site

• Insecticide Resistance Management (Breeze)

• Information on organic pest control.

• NPIRS State Pesticide Information Retrieval System

• EPA Text on Pesticide Poisoning


• Environmental Impact Quotient, developed at Cornell University to determine the environmental impact of orchard insecticides (updated by Cornell 2006)


• Airblast sprayer calibration (Virginia Tech)


• A student demonstration on airblast calibration
 
• Pesticide legislation - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (U. S. Senate web links)

Pheromone-based Monitoring and Management

• Labels for mating disruption products

• Codling moth: Isomate-C TT, Disrupt CM-Xtra, Checkmate-CM, Checkmate CM-F,
  
• Oriental fruit moth: Isomate-M Rosso, Isomate-OFM TT,  Disrupt OFM, Checkmate OFM, Checkmate -OFM-F (Suterra sprayable),
• Grape berry moth: Isomate-GBM Plus, SPLAT-GBM,
  
• Lesser peachtree borer: Isomate-LPTB (MSDS),
• Peachtree borer: Isomate-P  (MSDS),
• CheckMate Puffer CM-O (Suterra)
  
• CheckMate Puffer OFM-O (Suterra)

Weed Management

• Illinois Weed Identification key (illustrated)
• WSSA (Weed Science Society of America) (includes photo gallery of weeds)
• Page from WSU

Other Topics

• Crop Profiles for Peach and Nectarine, and Cherry by Tukey et al. (2000).
• PDA links
• Peach AdVisor page
• Oklahoma peach page
• A Course in Fruit IPM
 
• Syllabus for Arthropod Pest Management in Fruit Crops
• Lecture outline for Peach IPM
• Lecture outline for Cherry IPM
• Upcoming IPM conferences:
• Southeast Regional Small Fruit and Vegetable Conference, Savannah GA, 7-10 January 2010.
  
• Western Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference. Portland OR, 13-15 Jan 2010.
• Entomological Society of America Eastern Branch, Annapolis MD, 7-9 Mar 2010.
  
• XVII International Plant Protection Congress - Honolulu, Hawaii, August 6 - 10, 2011
• IOBC/WPRS Working Group (see list of IOBC meetings).