Nectarine Pest Management Guidelines
UC agricultural management guidelines for control of nectarine pests. Relative Toxicities of Insecticides and Miticides Used in Nectarines to Natural Enemies and Honey Bees (9/06) Nectarine Weed Photo Gallery, with Common and Scientific Names ... [... more]
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Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot
Fungicides are available to treat soil around newly planted trees. If there is a history of Phytophthora root rot in the orchards and problems are anticipated, treatments may be warranted. COMMENTS: NONBEARING TREES ONLY. Foliar spray, 60-day ... [... more]
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Scientific Name: Chrysobothris mali
UC Management Guidelines for Pacific Flatheaded Borer on Nectarine. The Pacific flatheaded borer overwinters in the prepupal stage. Pupation occurs in spring, and beetles begin to emerge in April. Adult beetles are flattened and vary in length ... [... more]
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Pathogens: Monilinia fructicola, occasionally Monilinia laxa
Monilinia fructicola overwinters on mummified fruit that either fall to the ground in late fall or early winter, or remain in the trees. In spring, apothecia form on mummies that are on the ground; these apothecia release ascospores at the same ... [... more]
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Scientific Name: Grapholitha molesta
UC Management Guidelines for Oriental Fruit Moth on Nectarine. Adult oriental fruit moths are small, grayish moths about 0.4 inch long. These moths normally fly in the evenings just after sunset, or occasionally between daybreak and sunrise. Eggs ... [... more]
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Scientific Name: Frankliniella occidentalis
UC Management Guidelines for Western Flower Thrips on Nectarine. Western flower thrips adults are minute insects, about 0.03 inch long, with two pairs of fringed wings. The adult has three color forms that vary in abundance depending on the time ... [... more]
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Scientific Name: Aculus cornutus
UC Management Guidelines for Peach Silver Mite on Nectarine. Peach silver mites are tiny, four-legged eriophyid mites, yellow to pinkish white, and somewhat wedge shaped, being broadest just behind the anterior end. Because they are so tiny, they ... [... more]
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Scientific Name: Synanthedon exitiosa
UC Management Guidelines for Peachtree Borer on Nectarine. COMMENTS: While not tested in California, mating disruption has been used in the eastern U.S. Gum exuding from around the base of the trunk is evidence of peachtree borer. Larvae of the ... [... more]
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Peach Leaf Curl
UC Management Guidelines for Peach Leaf Curl on Nectarine. Leaves produced in spring are thickened, curled, and colored red or yellow instead of normal green. Severely affected shoots die. Irregular, reddish lesions are sometimes seen on fruit. ... [... more]
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Scientific Name: Platynota stultana
UC Management Guidelines for Omnivorous Leafroller on Nectarine. Omnivorous leafroller is primarily a pest of nectarines in the San Joaquin Valley. It occurs in the Sacramento Valley but seldom causes damage. Omnivorous leafroller overwinters as ... [... more]
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Armillaria Root Rot (Oak Root Fungus)
UC Management Guidelines for Armillaria Root Rot on Nectarine. Avoid planting nectarine orchards where forest or oak woodland has recently been cleared or where there is a history of Armillaria root rot. All rootstocks can be attacked by ... [... more]
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Redshouldered stink bug : Thyanta pallidovirens
Several kinds of stink bugs feed in nectarine orchards, but they are not pests in every orchard every year. Outbreaks appear to be cyclical. UC Management Guidelines for Stink Bugs on Nectarine. The different species of stink bugs all have ... [... more]
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