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Horticultural Pest & Disease Boards


For control options, reference the spray guides below and follow all label instructions on the pesticide.  The pest guides will give you more information on the biology and life cycle of the insect.

Homeowner Publications
•  Why growing fruit trees in the back yard may not be for everyone
•  Apple and Pear Home Orchard Pest Management Chart
•  Stone Fruit and Nut Home Orchard Pest Management Chart
•  Protecting Backyard Apple Trees from Apple Maggot

Commercial Grower Publications
•  Cherry Fruit Fly
•  Codling Moth
•  Crop Protection Guide for Tree Fruits in Washington 

Useful Pest & Disease links
•  Integrated Pest Management
•  Washington State Pest Management Resource Service
•  Decision Aids System
•  Ag Weather Net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helpful WSU Extension websites

  • Hortsense - Facts for managing plant problems
  • Pestsense - Facts for managing common indoor pest problems


Some WSU Extension websites provide links to external sites for the convenience of users.  They may also provide page space to their county partners, county pest and disease boards and noxious weed control boards, that work with WSU Extension to help protect agricultural producers from damaging insects, plant diseases and noxious weeds. 
These external sites and pages are not managed by WSU Extension.  Furthermore, WSU Extension does not review, control or take responsibility for the content of these sites, nor do these sites implicitly or explicitly represent official positions, policies or recommendations of WSU Extension.

 

     
 

 Plant Pests Publications

 Plant Diseases Publications

 
 
 
   
 

 Update!

Cherry Fruit Fly has already been caught in the Tri-Cities area, and Codling Moth eggs are hatching. 
It's time to spray!!

  

 Did you know?

County laws in Benton, Franklin, Yakima and Walla Walla counties require that backyard tree fruit growers control pests because they are a potential source of infestation for any nearby commercial orchard.  To report an infested fruit tree, please contact us.

Click HERE for information on pesticide alternatives for managing pests in backyard fruit trees.

 


Your local Pest Board will pay you to remove your back yard fruit bearing trees!

Just call us for complete information and we'll give you a certificate redeemable at participating nurseries once the tree is removed. Homeowners must call us BEFORE removing tree. Only specific types of trees qualify for the program. Residential trees only - no commercial orchards.

 

 Contact Us

 

Benton County Office

Frank Wolf
1121 Dudley Avenue
Prosser, WA 99350
Ph: 509-783-1310, ext 5551
Cell: 509-539-0069
hortbd@co.benton.wa.us

Franklin County Office

Tom Wilson
1016 N 4th
Pasco, WA 99301
Ph: 509-545-3580
Cell: 509-531-7231
fcpestboard@co.franklin.wa.us

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