Peach Pest Management Guidelines
UC agricultural management guidelines for control of peach pests. Peach Weed Photo Gallery, with Common and Scientific Names (3/06) Year-Round IPM Program for Peach (11/06) Dormant Shoot Sampling (9/06) Early Season Monitoring (3/06) Shoot Strike ... [... 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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UC Management Guidelines for Omnivorous Leafroller on Peach. Omnivorous leafroller is primarily a pest of peaches in the San Joaquin Valley. It occurs in the Sacramento Valley but seldom causes damage. Omnivorous leafroller overwinters as ... [... more]
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Ripe Fruit Rot
UC Management Guidelines for Ripe Fruit Rot on Peach. Ripe fruit rot caused by Monilinia or Botrytis results in firm, circular spots that spread rapidly over fruit. Monilinia causes dark brown lesions on fruit that eventually turn black from the ... [... more]
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SPRING AND SUMMER
Brown mites can be recognized by their flattened bodies and long front legs. Adults are brownish green; nymphs are red at first. Brown mites overwinter as eggs on spurs and branches. Eggs are red and similar in appearance to European red mite ... [... more]
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Pathogen: Agrobacterium tumefaciens
UC Management Guidelines for Crown Gall on Peach. Crown gall appears as rough, abnormal galls on roots or trunk. Galls are soft and spongy. The centers of older galls decay. Young trees become stunted; older trees often develop secondary wood ... [... more]
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General Properties of Fungicides Used in Peaches
Adaskaveg et al., 2005. Efficacy and Timing of Fungicides, Bactericides, and Biologicals for Deciduous Tree Fruit, Nut Crops, and Grapevines, (324KB, PDF). Information about General Properties of Fungicides Used in Peaches. 1 - = no ... [... more]
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Peach Leaf Curl
UC Management Guidelines for Peach Leaf Curl on Peach. 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. Badly ... [... more]
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Relative Toxicities of Insecticides and Miticides Used ...
Chemical class: B = botanical; C = carbamate; CE = carboxylic acid ester; CON = contact including smothering and barrier effect; I = inorganic; IGR = insect growth regulator; M = microbial; N = neonicotinoid; OC = organochlorine; OP = ... [... more]
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Scientific name: Synanthedon exitiosa
UC Management Guidelines for Peachtree Borer on Peach. 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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Bacterial Canker
UC Management Guidelines for Bacterial Canker on Peach. Problems with bacterial canker can be minimized at planting by carefully selecting the planting site, choosing the least susceptible rootstocks, and following recommended cultural practices ... [... more]
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Scientific name: Aculus cornutus
UC Management Guidelines for Peach Silver Mite on Peach. 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 are ... [... more]
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