Blog 9 – Plant Disease & Insects
Blog 9 – Plant Disease & Insects Most important insects and diseases for pecans The main occurring insect pests are listed in table 1. Table 1 The main insect pests in pecan cultivation (Ellis, Bertrand, Hudson, & Georgia, 2009) . Blackmargined aphid Spittlebugs Pecan leaf casebearer Yellow pecan aphid Nut curculio Pecan cigar casebearer Black pecan aphid Hickory shoot curculio Pecan nut casebearer Pecan leaf scorch mite Hickory shuck worm Walnut caterpillar Pecan phylloxeras Pecan weevil Twig girdler Pecan serpentine leafminer Southern green stink bug May beetles Upper surface blotch leafminer Leaffooted bug Sawflies Fall webworm Pecan bud moth Pecan catocalas In most cases of disease, it was carried by a host, such as insects. Therefore, insect management is not only to the damage they may do personally, but also for ...