Compendium of Raspberry and Blackberry Diseases and Pests (2^nd Ed.)

Raspberries and blackberries are a perennial favorite among consumers. Unfortunately, they are also a favorite host crop for pests. Protect your plants with the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource available: the Compendium of Raspberry and Blackberry Diseases and Pests, Second Edition.

This completely revised edition helps users quickly identify and manage raspberry and blackberry diseases, insect pests, and abiotic orders with practical management information and more than 200 high-quality images for diagnosis. It is your best defense against pests and disorders that threaten the health and yields of these two popular bramble plants, from the roots and crown to their flowers, fruits, and leaves.

This important new book reflects the latest practices for managing diseases in organic and high-tunnel production systems. Pest coverage is wide and applicable to many of the world’s growing regions for these crops. The second edition also covers new diseases and viruses that have been identified since the first edition and adds 50 pages as well as 50 additional symptom images.

Specific pest coverage includes:
- Bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases
- Insect and mite pests
- Abiotic disorders, such as herbicide injury and environmental stressors
- Diseases caused by an alga
- Diseases caused by a phytoplasma
- The use and effects of cultural practices
- The development of healthy planting materials in the nursery/greenhouse industry

Each section includes information on symptoms, causal organisms, distribution, diagnostic features or detection methods, and management strategies.

Introduction
The Genus Rubus
Raspberry and Blackberry Production Systems

Part I. Diseases Caused by Biotic Factors

Cane and Foliar Diseases Caused by Fungi and Oomycetes
. Anthracnose
. Cane Blight
. Midge Blight
. Spur Blight
. Cane Botrytis
. Purple Blotch
. Ascospora Dieback
. Botryosphaeria Cane Canker of Blackberry
. Rosette of Blackberry
. Downy Mildew
. Powdery Mildew
. Raspberry Leaf Spot Septoria Leaf Spot of Blackberry
. Sydowiella and Gnomonia Cane Cankers
. Nectria Canker of Raspberry
. Silver Leaf
Fruit and Flower Diseases Caused by Fungi
. Botrytis Fruit Rot and Blossom Blight
. Postharvest Soft Rot
. Minor Fruit Rots
. Stamen Blight
. Rust Diseases
. Orange Rust
. Cane and Leaf Rust
. Yellow Rust
. Late Leaf Rust
. Blackberry Rust
. Minor Rust Diseases
Root and Crown Diseases Caused by Fungi and Oomycetes
. Phytophthora Root Rot
. Verticillium Wilt
. Armillaria Root Rot
. White Root Rot
. Fusarium Wilt
Diseases Caused by Bacteria
. Crown and Cane Gall
. Fire Blight
. Pseudomonas Blight
. Leafy Gall
. Hairy Root
Disease Caused by a Phytoplasma
. Leafhopper-Transmitted Disease
. Rubus Stunt
Disease Caused by a Parasitic Alga
. Orange Felt Disease
Diseases Caused by Viruses and Viruslike Agents
. Introduction to Diseases Caused by Viruses and Viruslike Agents
. Blackberry Yellow Vein Disease
. Raspberry Mosaic Disease
. Apple Mosaic
. Blackberry Calico
. Blackberry virus F
. Cherry Leaf Roll
. Cucumber Mosaic
. Nematode-Transmitted Viruses
. Raspberry latent virus
. Raspberry Leaf Blotch
. Raspberry Leaf Curl
. Raspberry Vein Chlorosis
. Raspberry Bushy Dwarf
. Sowbane mosaic virus
. Strawberry necrotic shock virus
. Other Viruses and Viruslike Agents
Diseases Caused by Nematodes
. Root-Lesion Nematodes
. Dagger and Needle Nematodes
. Other Nematodes

Part II. Arthropod Pests

Insects that Damage Roots and Crowns
.Raspberry Crown Borer
.Root Weevils
.Strawberry Crown Moth
Insects that Damage Fruit
. Japanese Beetle
. Green June Beetle
. Rose Chafer
. Lygus Bugs
. Raspberry Bud Moth
. Picnic Beetles
. Raspberry Fruitworm
. Yellowjackets
. Spotted Wing Drosophila
. Strawberry Bud Weevil
. Eastern Flower Thrips
. Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
Insects that Damage Foliage
. Raspberry Aphids
. Leafrollers
. Climbing Cutworms
. Blackberry Psyllid
. Winter Moth and Bruce Spanworm
. Raspberry Sawflies
. Blackberry Leafminer
. Mites
. Spider Mites
. Dryberry Mite
. Redberry Mite
Insects that Damage Canes
. Rednecked Cane Borer
. Raspberry Cane Maggot
. Raspberry Cane Midge
. Raspberry Cane Borer
. Tree Crickets
. Rose Scale
. Stalk Borer
Insect Contaminants of Mechanically Harvested Fruit

Part III. Disorders Caused by Abiotic Factors

. Nutritional Disorders
Herbicide Injury
. Preemergent Herbicides
. Postemergent Herbicides
. Translocatable Herbicides
. Contact Herbicides
. Volatile Herbicides
. Correcting Herbicide Excesses
Environmental Stress
. Temperature
. Wind
. Soil Moisture
. Light
. Solar Injury

Part IV. Effects of Cultural Practices on Disease

. Using Disease- and Insect-Resistant Cultivars
. Excluding and Reducing Pathogen Populations
. Protected Cropping Systems

Part V. Development of Healthy Planting Materials

. Raspberry Certification Programs in North America
. The Rubus Certification Scheme in the United Kingdom
. Nursery Production of Virus-Indexed Planting Material
. International Regulations Regarding Exchange of Rubus Plant Material

Appendix
Glossary
Index

The Compendium of Raspberry and Blackberry Diseases and Pests, Second Edition is ideal for commercial growing operations, nurseries, crop consultants, extension educators, diagnosticians, plant pathologists, entomologists, horticulturists, regulators, and gardeners.