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Apple scar skin = apple dapple, apple sabi-ka, apple bumpy fruit Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) Suspected viral- and viroid-like diseases.
The codling moth (Cydia pomonella) is a member of the Lepidopteran family Tortricidae.They are major pests to agricultural crops, mainly fruits such as apples and pears, and a codling moth larva is often called an "apple worm".
Young apple trees are also prone to mammal pests like mice and deer, which feed on the soft bark of the trees, especially in winter. [61] The larvae of the apple clearwing moth (red-belted clearwing) burrow through the bark and into the phloem of apple trees, potentially causing significant damage. [64]
Adult insects emerge in late spring at the time apple trees are in flower, and are attracted towards the open flowers on warm sunny days. Eggs are laid in slits cut just below the calyx, usually one egg per bloom. The eggs hatch about five days later, when 80% of the petals have fallen, and the newly hatched larvae make their way into the ...
The apple maggot is not as heavily targeted by predators and parasites as other insects because for most of its lifespan it is inaccessible, living inside apples as larvae and in soil as pupae. Occasionally flies are captured by various species of spiders, such as the Dendryphantes militaris, which predates on flies in apple trees. Birds may ...
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae is a plant pathogen that causes cedar-apple rust. [1] In virtually any location where apples or crabapples and eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) coexist, cedar apple rust can be a destructive or disfiguring disease on both the apples and cedars.
Pages in category "Apple tree diseases" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of apple ...
Aphelinus mali is a parasitoid wasp that exploits the woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum), a pest of apple trees. [1] It is native to the northeastern United States but has been introduced to other parts of the world as a biological pest control agent.