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American Plum Borer

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dc.contributor.authorKain, David P.
dc.contributor.authorAgnello, Arthur M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-21T19:10:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-06T17:02:48Z
dc.date.available2016-03-21T19:10:19Z
dc.date.available2018-09-06T17:02:48Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.descriptionNYS IPM Type: Fruits IPM Fact Sheet
dc.description.abstractThe American plum borer (APB) is a cambium-feeding moth pest of fruit and ornamental trees. It is unusual because it belongs to the pyralid, rather than the sesiid (clearwing) family, which is more commonly associated with this kind of damage. It is the major borer pest of stone fruits in Michigan, causing up to a 33% decline in the life span of tart cherry trees there. Recent studies indicate that it is the most abundant borer in commercial tart cherry orchards in New York. Significant numbers are also found in peach trees infected by canker diseases. Widely distributed throughout most of North America and parts of South America, it has an extensive range of hosts including at least 15 families of fruit, nut, ornamental, and forest trees, and a few woody annuals. Its rise to major pest status in tart cherry can be traced to bark damaged by mechanical harvesters, which provides larvae an entryway to the cambium.
dc.identifier.citationCornell Cooperative Extension Tree Fruit Crops Insect Identification Sheet No. I24
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/43068
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York State IPM Program
dc.subjectAgricultural IPM
dc.subjectFruits
dc.subjectTree Fruit
dc.subjectCherries
dc.subjectPeaches & Nectarines
dc.subjectNectarines
dc.subjectPlums
dc.titleAmerican Plum Borer
dc.typefact sheet

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