Apple Pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect and mite pests

• San-Jose-scale: Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• Woolly apple aphid: Eriosoma lanigerum Hausman (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Apple leaf folder and fruit scrapper: Archips termias (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
• Root borer: Dorysthenes hugelli Redtenbacher (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
• Apple stem borer: Apriona cinerea Cheverlot (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
• Indian gypsy moth: Lymantria obfuscate Walker (Lepidoptera: Lymantridae)
• Blossom thrips: Thrips fl avus Schrank (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Spider mites: Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acarina : Tetranychidae)
• European red mite: Panonychus ulmi Koch (Acarina : Tetranychidae)

Diseases

• Apple scab: Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Wint
• Marssonina leaf blotch (pre mature leaf fall): Marssonina coronaria Ellis & Davis
• Black rot and canker: Botryosphaeria obtuse Schw.
• Collar rot: Phytophthora cactorum Lebert & Cohn
• Powdery mildew: Podosphaera leucotricha Ellis & Everh
• Sooty blotch and fly speck: Gloeodes pomigena Schwein., Schizothyrium pomi (Mont. & Fr.) Arx
• Apple mosaic and other virus diseases: Apple mosaic virus, Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus

Nematode

• Root-knot nematode: Meloidogyne spp.

Weeds

Broad leaf weeds

• Lambs quarter: Chenopodium album L. (Chenopodiaceae)
• Sweet clover: Melilotus indica (L.) All. (Fabaceae)
• Fine leaf fumitory: Fumaria parvifl ora Lam. (Fumariaceae)
• Corn spurry: Spergula arvensis L. (Caryophyllaceae)
• Goat weed: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)
• Creeping wood sorrel: Oxalis corniculata L. (Oxalidaceae)
• Musk rose/rosehip: Rosa moschata Herrm. (Rosaceae)
• Brambles: Rubus spp. (Rosaceae)
• European barberry: Berberis spp. (Berberidaceae)
• Garden spurge: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)
• Lantana: Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae)
• Common sorrel: Rumex spp. (Polygonaceae)
• Carrot grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)

Grassy weeds

• Canary grass: Phalaris minor Retz. (Poaceae)
• Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae)

Sedges

• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)
• Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)

Pests of Regional Significance

Insect pests

• Apple fruit moth: Argyresthia conjugella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) (Himachal Pradesh)
• Codling moth: Cydia pomonella Linnaeus (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae) (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh)
• Tent caterpillar: Malacosoma indica Walker (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Apple maggot: Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Diseases

• Alternaria leaf spot/blight: Alternaria alternata f. sp. mali (Fr.) Keissl. (Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh)
• Core rot: Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl., Trichothecium roseum (Pers.) Link , Fusarium spp. etc.
• Brown rot: Monilinia spp. (Delhi)
• White root rot: Rosellinia necatrix Berl. ex Prill.
• Seedling blight: Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.

IPM for Apple

To know the IPM practices for Apple, click here.

Source: NIPHM, and Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage