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IPM Strategies for Apple

Apple Pests 

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<h3>Pests of National Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect and mite pests</h4>
<ul>
<li>San-Jose-scale: Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)</li>
<li>Woolly apple aphid: Eriosoma lanigerum Hausman (Hemiptera: Aphididae)</li>
<li>Apple leaf folder and fruit scrapper: Archips termias (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)</li>
<li>Root borer: Dorysthenes hugelli Redtenbacher (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)</li>
<li>Apple stem borer: Apriona cinerea Cheverlot (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)</li>
<li>Indian gypsy moth: Lymantria obfuscate Walker (Lepidoptera: Lymantridae)</li>
<li>Blossom thrips: Thrips fl avus Schrank (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)</li>
<li>Spider mites: Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acarina : Tetranychidae)</li>
<li>European red mite: Panonychus ulmi Koch (Acarina : Tetranychidae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Apple scab: Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Wint</li>
<li>Marssonina leaf blotch (pre mature leaf fall): Marssonina coronaria Ellis &amp; Davis</li>
<li>Black rot and canker: Botryosphaeria obtuse Schw.</li>
<li>Collar rot: Phytophthora cactorum Lebert &amp; Cohn</li>
<li>Powdery mildew: Podosphaera leucotricha Ellis &amp; Everh</li>
<li>Sooty blotch and fly speck: Gloeodes pomigena Schwein., Schizothyrium pomi (Mont. &amp; Fr.) Arx</li>
<li>Apple mosaic and other virus diseases: Apple mosaic virus, Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nematode</h4>
<ul>
<li>Root-knot nematode: Meloidogyne spp.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Weeds</h4>
Broad leaf weeds
<ul>
<li>Lambs quarter: Chenopodium album L. (Chenopodiaceae)</li>
<li>Sweet clover: Melilotus indica (L.) All. (Fabaceae)</li>
<li>Fine leaf fumitory: Fumaria parvifl ora Lam. (Fumariaceae)</li>
<li>Corn spurry: Spergula arvensis L. (Caryophyllaceae)</li>
<li>Goat weed: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)</li>
<li>Creeping wood sorrel: Oxalis corniculata L. (Oxalidaceae)</li>
<li>Musk rose/rosehip: Rosa moschata Herrm. (Rosaceae)</li>
<li>Brambles: Rubus spp. (Rosaceae)</li>
<li>European barberry: Berberis spp. (Berberidaceae)</li>
<li>Garden spurge: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)</li>
<li>Lantana: Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae)</li>
<li>Common sorrel: Rumex spp. (Polygonaceae)</li>
<li>Carrot grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)</li>
</ul>
Grassy weeds
<ul>
<li>Canary grass: Phalaris minor Retz. (Poaceae)</li>
<li>Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae)</li>
</ul>
Sedges
<ul>
<li>Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)</li>
<li>Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pests of Regional Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect pests</h4>
<ul>
<li>Apple fruit moth: Argyresthia conjugella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) (Himachal Pradesh)</li>
<li>Codling moth: Cydia pomonella Linnaeus (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae) (Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh)</li>
<li>Tent caterpillar: Malacosoma indica Walker (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) (Jammu &amp; Kashmir)</li>
<li>Apple maggot: Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Alternaria leaf spot/blight: Alternaria alternata f. sp. mali (Fr.) Keissl. (Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh)</li>
<li>Core rot: Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl., Trichothecium roseum (Pers.) Link , Fusarium spp. etc.</li>
<li>Brown rot: Monilinia spp. (Delhi)</li>
<li>White root rot: Rosellinia necatrix Berl. ex Prill.</li>
<li>Seedling blight: Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="float: left; ">IPM for Apple</h3>
To know the IPM practices for Apple, <a class="internal-link" target="_blank" href="http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-fruit-crops/ipm-strategies-for-apple/crop-stage-wise-ipm">click here.</a>
Source: <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Apple.pdf" target="_blank" title="niphm.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)">NIPHM</a>, and <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://ppqs.gov.in/" target="_blank" title="ppqs.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)">Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine &amp; Storage</a>
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