Question: I think my peach tree has aphids, but how can I be sure? A: Green peach aphids are the most common aphids on peach trees. They are small and can be difficult to detect, but their damage is ...

Answer: Looking at the sample you brought in, the leaf curl on your peach tree branches is pretty extreme, and when I turned over and uncurled the leaves I found a ton of chubby green aphids hiding ...

Scientists have discovered why the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is one of the most destructive pests to many of our most important crops. Their research will inform industry and research ...

Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that suck sap from plant tissues and act as vectors for viruses that can infect the plant. Aphids feed on buds, leaves, flowers, stems and fruits with their ...

Q: I’ve been growing Napa cabbages this year. I put a cloth floating row cover over them to keep flea beetles off of them, and that seemed to be working. Other plants in the garden are getting chewed ...

Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...

Warm weather and pest problems seem to go hand in hand, and this year is no exception. Over the past few weeks, the pest that we are getting the most questions on is the aphid. Aphid is typically ...

Sometimes I assume that, given our dry and cool environment, I have seen the vast majority of pest and disease issues in the area. I seem to know when the questions about aspens will arrive: Early ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 81, No. 3 (Sep., 1998), pp. 325-345 (21 pages) Eleven aphid species known to colonize peaches in the United States and one species not known from the United States are ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Aphids, which are phloem-feeding insects, cause extensive loss of plant productivity and are vectors of plant viruses. Aphid feeding causes ...

UK Scientists, in collaboration with groups in Europe and the US, have discovered why the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is one of the most destructive pests to many of our most important crops.