Apple Pest Publications
- 2015 Print Version: New England Tree Fruit Management Guide (University of Massachusetts Amherst website)
- Updated online, summary version: Welcome to the online New England Tree Fruit Management Guide (New England Tree Fruit Management Guide website)
- Orchard Fruit Pest Management, Private Pesticide Applicator Training Manual (PDF)
- Best Management Practices Checklist for Tree Fruit Production: Massachusetts Tree-fruit Production BMP Handbook (PDF) (UMass Amherst The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment website)
Apple Pest Management for Small Hobby Plantings
- Home Apple Orchard Pest Management, UMaine Extension
- Home Apple Pest Management Calendar, UMaine Extension
- Home Fruit Spray Schedule [fact sheet] Pest biology and timing are valid but check for updated pesticide info. (NH Extension website)
- Bulletin #2411, Planting and Early Care of Fruit Trees, UMaine Extension
- Growing Fruit Trees in Maine, 2nd Edition, UMaine Extension Publications Catalog
Other Northeastern Apple IPM Newsletters
- UMassAmherst, The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment newsletter, Healthy Fruit
- New Hampshire IPM Newsletter (NH Extension website)
- UVM Fruit News (The University of Vermont website)
- Scaffolds Fruit Journal (Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences New York State Agricultural Experiment Station website)
- Fruit page (PennState Extension website)
Pest Fact Sheets
Insect and Disease Pests
- Maine Apple Pest Threshold and ID Card ( PDF | Word )
- Apple Insect and Disease Pest Fact Sheets (Cornell University/eCommons, Cornell’s digital repository website)
- Apple Insect Pest Fact Sheets: Pest Insect and Disease Biology and Monitoring (Virginia Tech University/The Virginia Fruit Web Site)
- Apple Insect and Mite PestsFact Sheets (Michigan State University, MSU Extension, Apples website)
- Apple Disease Fact Sheets (Michigan State University, MSU Extension, Apples website)
- Apple Insect and Disease Pest Photos, supplementary images from the University of Vermont
- A Guide for Sampling and Managing Major Apple Pests in NY, Apple IPM scouting instructions and thresholds. (Cornell University/eCommons, Cornell’s digital repository website)
Disease-Only
- Market Diseases of Apples, Pears, and Quinces, out of print 1971 USDA handbook (Washington State University website)
- Organic apple disease management in Ohio from Ohio State and West Virginia University
- Disease Resistant Cultivar Update, Dr. David Rosenberger of Cornell University (The University of Vermont website)
Other Pest Management Topics
- Assessing Deer Damage in a Commercial Orchard
- Elements of IPM for Apples in New York State (Cornell University/eCommons, Cornell’s digital repository website)
Other Periodic Apple Pest Management Publications
- New York Fruit Quarterly In-depth articles on tree fruit and small fruit research projects conducted by Cornell University staff (New York State Horticultural Society website)
- Fruit Notes Research/Extension journal from the University of Massachusetts (UMass Amherst The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment website)
- Massachusetts March Message: Update on apple IPM developments as of March 2004
- Fruit Grower News website Online excerpts from fruit industry newspaper
- Good Fruit Grower website Back issues of fruit production journal from Washington state
Horticultural Fact Sheets
- Bulletin #2409, Renovating Old Apple Trees, UMaine Extension
- Nutrient Recommendations for Apples (UMass Amherst The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment website)
- Apogee Growth Regulator (UMass Amherst The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment website)
- Growth Control (UMass Amherst The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment website)
- Thinning Apples Chemically, (UMass Amherst The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment website)
- Foliar Calcium Sprays for Apples | Foliar Calcium Sprays for Apples (PDF) (UMass Amherst The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment website)
- Bulletin #4191, Food Safety Facts: Safe Home Made Cider, UMaine Extension