Entomology: Extension & Outreach: Southeastern Peach Growers' Handbook

Southeastern Peach Growers' Handbook

Table of Contents

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• Peach Tree Physiology
• Peach Growth Stages

• Business Management & Economics

  • Orchard Business Records
  • Conducting a Cost Analysis

• Pre-Plant Considerations

  • Site Selection & Preparation
  • Minimizing Peach Replant Problems
  • Frost Freeze Protection
  • Rootstocks
  • Varieties
  • Tree Density, Orchard Design, and Training Systems
  • Selecting and Handling Young Trees
  • Planting Young Trees

• Cultural Practices

  • Propagation
  • Nutrition
  • Peach Thinning
  • Girdling
  • Irrigation for Peaches: Irrigation Systems
  • Irrigation for Peaches: Irrigation Scheduling

• Harvest and Post-harvest Considerations

  • Harvesting and Handling Peaches
  • Split Pit
  • Post-harvest Management: Peach Skin Discoloration and Water Quality Management

• Pest Management

  • Fungal Diseases
    • Brown Rot
    • Green Fruit Rots
    • Peach Scab
    • Post-Harvest Decay
    • Fungicide Resistance Management
    • Phomopsis Twig Blight and Fruit Rot
    • Powdery Mildew/Rusty Spot
    • Rust
    • Peach Leaf Curl
    • Fungal Gummosis
    • Cytospora Canker
    • Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot
    • Armillaria Root and Crown Rot
  • Bacterial Diseases
    • Bacterial Spot
    • Bacterial Canker
    • Crown Gall
    • Phony Peach Disease
  • Nematodes
  • Peach Tree Short Life
  • Viruses of Peach
  • Diseases Caused by Phytoplasmas
  • Insects and Mites
    • Aphids
    • Thrips
    • Leafhoppers
    • Cankerworms
    • Scale Insects
    • Plant Bugs and Stink Bugs
    • Plum Curculio
    • Oriental Fruit moth
    • Peach Twig Borer
    • Mites
    • Japanese Beetle
    • Green June Beetle
    • Driedfruit Beetle
    • Shothole Borer and Ambrosia Beetles
    • Peachtree Borer
    • Lesser Peachtree Borer
• Weed Management Considerations for Peach Orchards
• Vertebrate Pests
• Orchard Sprayers
• Weed Control Sprayers
• Good Agricultural Practices for the Production and Handling of Peaches

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