Crop Profile for Apples in West Virginia

Prepared by H. W. Hogmire and A. R. Biggs

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Production Statistics
• Production Practices
• Insects and Mites
  • Aphids
  • European Red Mite
  • San Jose Scale
  • Spotted Tentiform Leafminer
  • Plum Curculio
  • White Apple Leafhopper
  • Codling Moth
  • Redbanded Leafroller
  • Tufted Apple Bud Moth and Variegated Leafroller
  • Dogwood Borer
  • Control Period for Arthropod Pests of Apple (Table 1)
  • Future Potential Insect Pests
    • Oriental Fruit Moth
    • Apple Maggot
  • Critical Uses and Needs
• Diseases
  • Apple Scab
  • Powdery Mildew
  • Cedar-apple Rust
  • Fire Blight
  • Black Rot and White Rot
  • Bitter Rot
  • Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck
  • Phytophthora Root, Crown, and Collar Rot
  • Potential Future Disease Problems
    • Alternaria Leaf Blotch
  • Critical Uses and Needs
  • Seasonal Activity of Apple Diseases in West Virginia (Table 2)
• Weeds
• Fruit Quality and Tree Growth, Rodents
• References Cited

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