October 2024
Little Cherry Disease Pesticide Use Study
Washington State University Extension, with help from the Washington State Department of Agriculture, would like your help in researching changes in pesticide use in sweet cherries that occurred in response to the Little Cherry Disease epidemic. Here, we refer to Little Cherry Disease (LCD) generally to describe the symptoms caused by three different pathogens Little Cherry Virus 1, Little Cherry Virus 2 (LChV-1, LChV-2), and Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni (X-disease phytoplasma / Western X). Little Cherry Virus 2 is transmitted by mealybugs, X-disease…
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