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Identifying common insect pests and diseases of apples
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The information presented here about common diseases, insect pests and beneficial species was developed from the publication A Pocket Guide for IPM Scouting in Michigan Apples by David Epstein, Larry J. Gut and George W. Sundin. This is a pocket-sized guide for reference in the orchard and can be purchased from MSU Extension (Publication E-2720. Also available in Spanish E-2720SP).

For reference: Tree Row Volume Chart

cover of scouting guide
Insect and mite pests
Aphids, about
Apple maggot
Apple rust mite
Codling moth
Dogwood borer
European red mite
Eyespotted bud moth
Green apple aphid
Japanese beetle		 Leafhoppers, about
Mites, about
Obliquebanded leafroller
Oriental fruit moth
Plum curculio
Potato leafhopper
Redbanded leafroller
Rosy apple aphid
San Jose scale		 Speckled green fruitworm
Spotted tentiform leafminer
Tarnished plant bug
Tufted apple moth
Twospotted spider mite
Variegated leafroller
White apple leafhopper
Wooly apple aphid
Beneficials, natural enemies
Agistemus fleschneri
Amblyseius fallacis
Assassin bugs
Beneficials, about
Braconid wasp
Damsel bug		 Eulophid
Green lacewing
Lady beetle
Minute pirate bug
Orange cecidomyiid
Parasitoids

 Parasitoid wasp families
Stethorus punctum
Syrphid fly
Tachinid fly
Typhlodromus pyri
Zetzellia mali
Diseases
Apple scab
Blister spot
Calyx-end rot 		Fire blight
Flyspeck
Nectria twig blight of apple
 Powdery mildew
Sooty blotch
The MSU IPM Program maintains this site as an access point to pest management information at MSU. The IPM Program is administered within the Department of Entomology, fueled by research from the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, delivered to citizens through MSU Extension, and proud to be a part of Project GREEEN.
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01/08/08