NC State Extension Publications Numbered Publications, Factsheets, Hard Copy Documents, Authoritative Sources & more …

Homeowners who grow fruit in backyards or small orchards find that disease and insect pests often ruin the crop and in some instances damage the tree itself. This publication covers common diseases and insect issues in backyard orchards in North Carolina.

• Pest Control
• Pest Management
• Integrated Pest Management
• Orchard Management
• Tree Pest
• Plant Pathology
• Disease
• Orchard
• Pest
• Fruit Tree Pest
• Small Orchard
• Fruit Tree Disease
• Fruit Tree

Orchard management guide for apples, with information on insect, disease, weed, and mammal control, plus horticultural and fertility practices, use of IPM, prevention of insecticide resistance, and sprayer calibration.

• Apple
• Apple Orchard
• Orchard Management Calendar
• Orchard Management
• Apple Spray Guide
• Ipm
• Commercial Apple Production
• Fruit Tree

This publication describes the peachtree borer's life history, damage, and control.

• Insect Pests
• Peach
• Borer
• Fruit Tree
• Insect Pest

Green apple and spirea aphids - description, life history, damage, and control.

• Apple
• Spirea Aphid
• Green Apple Aphid
• Apple Production
• Aphid
• Fruit Tree
• Fruit Insect

Plum curculio description, life history, damage, and control.

• Apple
• Plum Curculio
• Conotrachelus Nenuphar
• Entomology
• Pest
• Peach
• Fruit Tree
• Plum

This publication offers information on the description, life history, and control of the apple maggot.

• Apple
• Apple Production
• Entomology
• Fruit Tree
• Fruit Insect

Tufted apple bud moth description, life cycle, monitoring, and control.

• Apple
• Platynota Idaeusalis
• Apple Production
• Leafroller
• Fruit Tree
• Fruit Insect

Rosy apple aphid description, life cycle, history, and control.

• Apple
• Dyaphis Planaginea
• Aphid
• Fruit Tree
• Fruit Insect
• Rosy Apple Aphid

This document discusses the description, life history, damage, and control of the woolly apple aphid.

• Apple
• Eriosoma Lanigerum
• Woolly Apple Aphid
• Apple Production
• Entomology
• Aphid
• Fruit Tree
• Fruit Insect

Predatory mite description, life history, monitoring, and effectiveness.

• Apple
• Neoseiulus Fallacis
• Predator Mites Apple
• Apple Production
• Fruit Tree
• Fruit Insect

Lesser appleworm description, life history, damage, and control.

• Pest Management
• Apple
• Grapholita Prunivora
• Apple Production
• Fruit Tree
• Fruit Insect
• Worm

White apple leafhopper description, life history, damage, and control.

• Apple
• Apple Production
• Entomology
• Pest
• Fruit Tree
• Leafhopper

Apple rust mite description, life history , damage, and control.

• Apple
• Apple Production
• Rust
• Entomology
• Mite
• Fruit Tree
• Fruit Insect