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The information presented here about common diseases, insect pests and beneficial species was developed from the publication A Pocket Guide for IPM Scouting in Michigan Apples by David Epstein, Larry J. Gut and George W. Sundin. This is a pocket-sized guide for reference in the orchard and can be purchased from MSU Extension (Publication E-2720. Also available in Spanish E-2720SP).

For reference: Tree Row Volume Chart


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Insect and mite pests
Aphids, about
Apple maggot
Apple rust mite
Codling moth

Dogwood borer
European red mite
Eyespotted bud moth
Green apple aphid
Japanese beetle
Leafhoppers, about
Mites, about
Obliquebanded leafroller
Oriental fruit moth
Plum curculio
Potato leafhopper
Redbanded leafroller
Rosy apple aphid
San Jose scale
Speckled green fruitworm
Spotted tentiform leafminer
Tarnished plant bug
Tufted apple moth
Twospotted spider mite
Variegated leafroller
White apple leafhopper
Wooly apple aphid
 
Beneficials, natural enemies
Agistemus fleschneri
Amblyseius fallacis
Assassin bugs
Beneficials, about
Braconid wasp
Damsel bug
Eulophid
Green lacewing
Lady beetle
Minute pirate bug
Orange cecidomyiid
Parasitoids
Parasitoid wasp families
Stethorus punctum
Syrphid fly
Tachinid fly
Typhlodromus pyri
Zetzellia mali
 
Diseases
Apple scab
Blister spot
Calyx-end rot
Fire blight
Flyspeck
Nectria twig blight of apple
Powdery mildew
Sooty blotch
     
Weeds    
Annual sowthistle
Barnyardgrass
Blackseed plantain
Broadleaf dock
Broadleaf plantain
Buckhorn plantain
Bull thistle
Canada goldenrod
Canada thistle
Common chickweed
Common lambsquarters
Common mallow
Common milkweed
Common purslane
Common ragweed
Corn speedwell
Curly dock
Dandelion
Eastern black nightshade
Fall panicum
Field bindweed
Field horsetail
Giant foxtail
Giant ragweed
Green foxtail
Ground ivy
Hedge bindweed
Horsenettle
Horseweed
Ladysthumb
Large crabgrass
Purslane speedwell
Marestail
Mouseear chickweed
Pale smartweed
Pennsylvania smartweed
Perennial sowthistle
Poison ivy
Powell amaranth
Prickly lettuce
Prostrate pigweed
Quackgrass
Redroot pigweed
Scouringrush

Slender speedwell
Smooth crabgrass

Smooth pigweed
Spiny sowthistle
Spotted napweed
Swamp smartweed
Tumble pigweed
Velvetleaf
Venice mallow
Vetches
Virginia creeper
Western ragweed
Wild grapes
Wild mustard
Wild proso millet
Witchgrass
Yellow foxtail
Yellow nutsedge
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