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Cane Fruit Crop Walkers’ Guide
Cane fruit growers can encounter a range of pest and disease problems that impact on both the quality and yield of fruit unless they are identified and dealt with. Typical symptoms and identification features of important pests and diseases covered in this guide include:
- Aphids
- Mites
- Spotted wing drosphila
- Mildew, blight, rust and many others
This guide also features naturally occurring and introduced predators that can help with controlling pests in commercial crops.
Use this guide to walk and monitor your crop, and help you identify the problem if you encounter symptoms.
This information was last updated in 2013.
Useful links
Visit the spotted wing drosophila information hub
Visit the cane fruit resources index
Read the review of the impacts of wildflower interventions on beneficial insects in fruit crops