Crop Production
The Southeastern Peach, Nectarine, and Plum Pest Management and Culture Guide covers multiple states and production areas. Pest problems vary across the Southeast. This guide covers multiple states and production areas. Pesticide rates are a guideline. Exceptions are noted for specific locations and pests, but this guide does not list every exception. Listed pesticides may not be registered for the uses recommended here in all states. This guide is for use by commercial peach growers in the southeastern United States. Observe all label precautions and recommendations. Brand names of pesticides are given in the spray schedule as a convenience to growers. They are neither an endorsement of the product nor a suggestion that other products with the same active ingredient are ineffective.
Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Auburn University contributors to this guide include the following:
- Ed Sikora, Extension plant pathologist
- Wheeler Foshee, Auburn University Department of Horticulture
- Mike Patterson, Extension weed scientist (retired)
Visit the University of Georgia Extension website to download a PDF of the Southeastern Peach, Nectarine, and Plum Pest Management and Culture Guide.