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Pear Psylla Integrated Pest Management

Cacopsylla pyricola (Foerster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Updated by Louis Nottingham, Robert Orpet, WSU Entomology; Tianna DuPont, WSU Extension. May 2022. Adapted from by Everett C. Burts, Helmut Riedl, and John Dunley, originally published 1993. Pear psylla is an important pest of pear in Washington. Honeydew produced by pear psylla causes fruit russet, and serious infestations can […]

a leaf with a dark colored hardshell psylla nymph and a smaller light colored young nymph.

Sustainable Control of Pear Psylla

February 22, 2021 Be BRAVE: Pear Psylla Management On Thursday, February 18, 2021 as part of an OSU/WSU webinar, Stijn van Laer gave a talk on pear psylla management in northern European pear orchards.  Stijn is a crop consultant that works for company called FruitConsult based in Belgium.  They are a private consulting firm that […]

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