See All Fruit

Thinning is an essential part of crop load management in stone fruit production. Proper thinning helps ensure adequate yield, improves fruit size and quality, and protects trees from structural damage.

Consider applying dormant copper sprays, along with sanitation measures, to help manage fungal and bacterial diseases on fruit trees for the upcoming season.

IPM involves compiling detailed, timely information about a crop and its pests to ensure that pest management decisions are economically, environmentally, and socially sound.

Listed below are pesticides used on tree fruits. Not all materials listed here are suggested in the spray schedules.

Volumen 1: Melón amargo, higos, jengibre, alcachofa, calabaza de invierno, pimientos de especialidad, berros

"Redescubriendo" el pawpaw, un árbol frutal nativo de América del Norte que produce una fruta única con un sabor familiar.

Tarnished plant bugs, Lygus lineolaris, other plant bugs, and various species of stink bugs feed on various tree fruits and on many wild and cultivated plants and make up a unique pest complex.

The rosy apple aphid, Dysaphis plantaginea, has been a major pest of apple trees since the end of the nineteenth century.

Redbanded leafroller, Argyrotaenia velutinana, is considered a minor pest of apples and many other deciduous fruit crops throughout most of Pennsylvania.

Potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, is a migratory pest of many crops. It feeds on leaves of rapidly growing apple terminals and may aid in spread of fire blight.

The periodical cicada, Magicicada septemdecim, is a large flying insect with a unique life history. It lives most of its 17-year life underground.

Pear thrips, Taeniothrips inconsequens, was introduced early this century, probably from Europe.

The pear slug, Caliroa cerasi, resembles a slug in appearance, but it is actually a sawfly.

Pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola, can be a limiting factor in pear production.

The peachtree borer, Synanthedon exitiosa, is primarily a pest of peach and nectarine trees, but it also attacks apricot, cherry, and plum.

Oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta, is a pest of most stone and pome fruits. In pome fruits, its appearance and injury is similar to that of the codling moth and lesser appleworm.

Obliquebanded leafroller (OBLR), Choristoneura rosaceana, is native to and widely distributed throughout temperate North America. Larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including apple.

Mullein plant bug, Campylomma verbasci, is a "two-edged sword" of the insect world.

Lesser peachtree borer, Synanthedon pictipes, is an important pest in peach and cherry orchards throughout Pennsylvania and surrounding states.

Lesser appleworm, Grapholita prunivora, is a common native North American species, although infrequent as a pest in Pennsylvania orchards.

Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, is one of the best-known pests to be encountered by Pennsylvania fruit growers, nursery operators, and gardeners.

Spongy moth, Lymantria dispar, may attack fruit trees, especially apple, causing defoliation that can stunt or kill young trees.

The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, is a common pest of peach and nectarine in Pennsylvania.

Spirea aphid, Aphis spiraecola, has largely displaced the apple aphid, A. pomi, in apple since the mid-1980s.

Since 1985, European apple sawfly (Hoplocampa testudinea) has extended its range from the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania to the Maryland border. Now this pest is common throughout Pennsylvania.