Tree Fruit
Call 1-800 PENNIPM for weekly fruit crop information.
This website provides information on fruit diseases.
The college supports three agricultural research and extension centers located at strategic sites throughout the state. The focus of each of these centers coincides with key agricultural commodities at those locations. In addition, our Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs is centrally located near the main Penn State campus to provide research, extension, teaching, and opportunities in agriculture. Animal agriculture facilities are operated in the State College area by our Departments of Dairy and Animal Science, Poultry Science, and Veterinary Science.
A state university cooperative web site with links to regional fruit resources.
Plum pox virus (PPV) was discovered for the first time in North America in 1999 in a peach orchard in Adams County, Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, peach, plum, nectarine, and apricot stone fruit and native and ornamental Prunus are susceptible to PPV, Strain D. In 2007 to 2009 analyses of PPV survey data showed that all quarantined areas met the three-year requirement of no new positives.
