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Yakima Extension Office

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2403 S 18th St #100
Union Gap, WA

October 2024

Little Cherry Disease Pesticide Use Study

October 22 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yakima Extension Office, 2403 S 18th St #100
Union Gap, WA
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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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