Peach Pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect pest

• Stem borer: Aeolesthes sarta Solsky (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
• Flat headed borers: Chrysobothris mali Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestide) &Capnodis tenebrionis Linne (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
• Peach tree borer: Synanthedon exitiosa Say (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)
• Defoliating beetle: Protactia neglecta & Adoretus sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Hairy caterpillar: Lymantria obfuscata Walker (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)
• San Jose-scale: Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• Apricot brown scale: Lecanium corni (Bouché) (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
• Peach leaf curl aphid: Brachycaudus helichrysi Kaltenbach (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Diseases

• Frosty mildew: Cercosporella persica (Sacc.) Sacc
• Peach leaf curl: Taphrina deformans (Berk.) Tul
• Leaf spot: Phyllosticta cerasicola Speg.
• Powdery mildew: Sphaerotheca pannosa (Wallr.) Lév, Podosphaera leucotricha(Ellis &Everh.) E.S. Salmon
• Coryneum blight/shot hole: Wilsonomyces carpophilus (Lév.) M.B. Ellis
• Silver leaf and canker: Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar 2.7 White root rot: Dematophora necatrix Berl. exPrill
• Whisker rot: Rhizopus stolonifer Ehrenb
• Peach rust: Tranzschelia discolour (Fuckel) Tranz.
• Collar rot: Phytophthora sp. & Pythium sp
• Bacterial canker and gummosis: Pseudomonas syringae pv. Morsprunorum (Wormald) Yong
• Brown rot: Sclerotina fructicola (G. Winter) Rehm & S. fructigena (J.Schröt.) Norton

Pest of Regional Significance

Insect pests

• Green peach aphid: Myzus persicae Sulzer (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Tent caterpillar: Malacosoma indica Walker (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)
• Leaf rollers: Archips argyrospilus & subsidiaria sp Walker (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
• Peach twig borer/Apricot fruit borer: Anarsia lineatella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
• Root borer: Dorysthenes hugelli Ridt (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
• Consperse sting bug: Euschistis conpersus Uhler (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Peach fruit fly: Bactrocera zonata (Saunders), B. ciliates & B. dorsali Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Green capsid: Lygus pabulinus Franz and Wagner (Hemiptera: Miridae)
• Blue beetle: Haltica semipicens (Coleoptera)
• Blossom thrips: Taeniothrips spp, Frankliniella dampfi Priesner (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Rose chaffer beetle: Macrodactyplus subspinosus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Oriental fruit moth: Grapholitha molester Busck (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae)
• Peach stem aphid/ Brown Peach aphid/Peach black aphid: Pterochlorus persicae Cholodkovsky (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Chaffer beetle: Adoretus spp (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Plum lakeworm: Cremastopsychae pendula de Joannis
• Codling moth: Cydia pomonella Li (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
• Mealy plum aphid: Hyalopterus pruni Geoffroy (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Weeds

Broad leaf weeds

• Tropical spiderwort: Commelina benghalensis L. Commelinaceae
• Creeping wood sorrel: Oxalis corniculata L. Oxalidaceae
• Goat weed: Ageratum conyzoides L. Asteraceae
• Sowthistles: Sonchus spp. Asteraceae
• Congress grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. Asteraceae
• Pig weed: Amaranthus viridis L (Amaranthaceae)
• Lambs Quarter: Chenopodium album (Chenopodiaceae)
• Spurge: Euphorbia hirta L (Euphorbiaceae)
• Sorrel: Rumex dentatus L (Polygonaceae)
• Creeping thistle: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae)

Grassy weeds

• Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae
• Cogon grass: Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch.Poaceae
• Blanket grass: Axonopus compressus (Sw.) Beauv. Poaceae
• Large crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis L. (Scop.) Poaceae
• Knot grass: Paspalum distichum L. Poaceae
• Cannary grass: Phalaris miner Retz. Poaceae
• Crow foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. Poaceae

Sedges

• Purple nut sedge: Cyperus rotundus L. Cyperaceae
• Flat Sedge: Cyperus iria L. Cyperaceae