ATTRA Identification Sheet: Pear Insect Pests
…more about solutions. For more specific information about these pests, or to learn about other pear pests and diseases not addressed here, see the ATTRA publication Pears: Organic Production. Insects…
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ATTRA Identification Sheet: Peach Insect Pests
By Guy K. Ames, NCAT Agriculture Specialist There are several key insects that affect peach production. Use this handy guide to help identify pests and to learn more about solutions….
Apples: Organic Production Guide
…weighted somewhat toward the eastern apple-pest pressures, though many of the pest-management needs of western growers are also addressed. Insect and Mite Pests The codling moth, apple maggot, tarnished plant…
ATTRA Identification Sheet: Cherry Insect Pests
By Guy K. Ames, NCAT Agriculture Specialist There are several key insects that affect cherry production. Use this handy guide to help identify pests and to learn more about solutions….
Tree Fruits: Organic Production Overview
…be in order. Many beneficial insects can be purchased from commercial insectaries for release in fruit plantings. Examples of beneficial arthropods that have been used to control pests in fruit…
Peaches: Organic and Low-Spray Production
…of a strobilurin with a sterol inhibitor. Insect Pests Peach Tree Borers The peach tree borer (Synanthedon exitiosa) and lesser peach tree borer (S. pictipes) can be major pests of…
Cucumber Beetles: Organic and Biorational Integrated Pest Management
…collect beneficial insects and control pest insects in combination with perimeter trap cropping. The D-Vac, a commercially available vacuum, evolved from insect sampling research by the biological control pioneer Everett…
Tree Fruits: Organic Production Overview
…conventional growers. Plum curculio. Photo: Margo Hale, NCAT Common arthropod pests of fruits include insects (aphids, caterpillars, leafrollers, twig borers, flies, psylla, scale insects, leafhoppers, mealybugs, earwigs, thrips, and beetles)…
Grapes: Organic Production
…Management Wherever grapes are grown, there will be insect pests. Existing with each pest, however, is a whole complex of natural controls, including parasites (other insects), predators (insects, birds, bats,…
Cole Crops and Other Brassicas: Organic Production
…can help plants develop natural resistance to insect pests and diseases. When pest controls are needed, organic farmers manage insects, diseases, weeds, and other pests with cultural, mechanical, biological, and—as…