Fruits

Mediterranean fruit fly

quality produce to make fruit unmarketable. Damage caused by larval feeding on the flesh makes the fruit useless. Damaged fruits are often invaded by pathogenic [...] below the skin of the host fruit. After hatching, the larvae feed on the flesh of the fruit. As each fly lays several eggs in a fruit and different flies may [...] eggs in the same fruit, the number of larvae per fruit can be very high. After about 6-11 days, they are fully developed and leave the fruit to pupate in the

Apple scab

inaequalis , the disease infects leaves, blossoms, young shoots, and fruit, reducing fruit quality, marketable yield, and storage potential. Without management [...] spots on leaves Brown or black lesions on developing fruit Cracked, corky, misshapen, or rusted fruit as lesions expand Premature leaf yellowing, browning [...] lesions on young leaves and developing fruit Brown or black spots on cluster leaves, extension shoots, and developing fruit Premature leaf yellowing or drop

Pear brown spot

lesions Premature leaf drop Dark, sunken lesions on fruit Cracked or misshapen fruit Reduced fruit quality and marketable yield Life cycle of pear brown [...] Stemphylium vesicarium . The disease affects leaves, shoots, and fruit, reducing fruit quality, marketable yield, and orchard productivity. Infections are [...] temperatures promote infection of young leaves, shoots, blossoms, and developing fruit. Disease development Secondary spores produced on infected tissues allow

Apple sawfly

feeding scars and premature fruit drop. Heavy infestations can significantly reduce fruit set, marketable yield, and fruit quality. Learn more Damage symptoms [...] egg-laying scars on young fruit Surface feeding scars on developing fruitlets Tunnels inside fruit caused by larval feeding Premature fruit drop Frass around feeding [...] feeding sites Reduced fruit quality and marketable yield Life cycle of apple sawfly Overwintering Fully grown larvae leave damaged fruit and drop to the soil

Apple rust mite

n of leaves Russeting of developing fruit Rough or corky fruit skin Reduced photosynthetic activity Reduced fruit quality and marketability Life cycle [...] damage appears. High populations can cause leaf bronzing and fruit russeting, reducing fruit quality and marketability. Apple rust mite can multiply rapidly [...] is a microscopic eriophyid mite that feeds on the leaves and developing fruit of apple trees. Because of its small size, the pest is difficult to detect

Litchi moth

litchi fruit and feeds its way through the fruit flesh and into the seed. Such feeding causes fungal growth and other infestations leading to fruit rot. [...] larvae feeds on the fruit skin and then tunnels towards the seed. Larvae usually do not pupate in fruit on the tree but leave the fruit to pupate in the soil [...] brown granular excreta on the fruit surface. Appearance and life cycle of Litchi moth The moth lays her eggs singly on the fruit, rarely on the leaves. On

San José scale

branches, leaves, and fruit, removing plant sap and weakening the tree. Heavy infestations can reduce tree vigor, lower fruit quality, and significantly [...] circular gray scales on twigs, branches, and fruit Red or purple halos surrounding feeding sites on fruit Yellowing or weakened foliage Reduced shoot growth [...] growth Dieback of heavily infested branches Reduced tree vigor Lower fruit quality and marketable yield Life cycle of San José scale Overwintering San

False codling moth

enlarge the hole to leave the fruit and pupate. Excreta can be found within the larvae tunnels in the fruit. An infested fruit usually falls from the tree [...] symptoms Larval penetration holes in the fruit can only be found through thorough inspection. In green citrus fruit the peel around the penetration hole [...] the fruit and resemble a saucer-shaped dome. After a few days the eggs hatch and the neonate larvae finds a suitable place to penetrate the fruit. All

Apple

deposits on leaves and fruit Development of sooty mold Deformed fruit, particularly from rosy apple aphid infestations Reduced fruit quality and marketability [...] of caterpillars in apple Boreholes in fruit Internal fruit feeding and tunneling Premature fruit drop Feeding damage on leaves and shoots Frass (larval [...] that reduces fruit quality and market value. Damage symptoms of bugs in apple Sunken feeding spots on fruit Corky tissue beneath the fruit skin Misshapen