Commercial Fruit Growers:

Tree Fruit Insect and Disease Management Recommendations from The Virginia - West Virginia - Maryland Orchard Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (html version)

The Virginia-West Virginia-Maryland Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (PDF version (Adobe Acrobat required) This is the entire Va./W.Va./Md. Spray Bulletin).

Home Fruit Growers:

Virginia Home Orchard Management Guide - The Virginia Home Orchard Management Guide for insects and diseases. (PDF version (Adobe Acrobat required)). 

Virginia Home Orchard Management Guide WWW Version for Tree Fruits and Small Fruits - The Virginia Home Orchard Management Guide for Insects and Diseases.

Organic Approaches for the Mid-Atlantic Region:

Thinking Organic? - by Dr. David Rosenberger, Cornell University

Disease Management Guidelines for Organic Apple Production - by Dr. Mike Ellis, Ohio State University.

Items of Interest for Both Home and Commercial Growers:

Virginia Cooperative Extension Pest Management Guides for Field Crops, Home Grounds and Animals, and Ornamentals and Forest Crops.

Disease Management Guidelines for Organic Apple Production - by Dr. Mike Ellis, Ohio State University.

Disease and Insect Management in the Home Orchard (North Carolina) - by D. F. Ritchie, T. B. Sutton, and K. A. Sorensen.

The Greenbook - C&P Press pesticide labels and MSDS sheets - free search

Links to other Fruit Pest Management Guides and Control Recommendations.

Glossary of terms used in Integrated Pest Management (California)

In-depth Articles for Fire Blight and Site Renovation:

• Special Fire Blight Section:
  • Problems in Managing Fire Blight in High Density Orchards on M-9 and M-26 Rootstocks, Paul W. Steiner, Professor and Extension Fruit Pathologist, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (January 1998)
  • How Good are our Options with Copper, Bio-controls, and Aliette for Fire Blight Control?, Paul W. Steiner, Professor and Extension Fruit Pathologist, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (January 1998)
  • The Biology and Epidemiology of Fire Blight, Paul W. Steiner, Professor and Extension Fruit Pathologist, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (January 2000)
  • Managing Fire Blight in Apples, Paul W. Steiner, Professor and Extension Fruit Pathologist, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (January 2000)
  • A Philosophy for Effective Fire Blight Management, Paul W. Steiner, Professor and Extension Fruit Pathologist, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (January 2000)
• Orchard Site Rotation Strategy:
  • Orchard Site Bio-renovation Program, Paul W. Steiner, Extension Fruit Pathologist, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (January 1998).