Year-Round IPM Program Pages
This year-round IPM program covers the major pests of nectarine in California.
About Postharvest
- Why is this season important in an IPM program?
- Mitigate pesticide effects to minimize air and water contamination.
What should you be doing at this time?
In early harvest orchards continue to watch for:
- Shoot strikes to determine if oriental fruit moth populations are building.
- Webspinning spider mites
Remove fruit remaining in trees to reduce brown rot inoculum and prevent shoot death.
If surface water runoff is an issue, particularly near waterways, consider the use of cover crops or resident vegetation.