Includes green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)
Pest description and crop damage The green peach aphid is yellowish green and teardrop-shaped. Its most important damage is as a vector of virus diseases rather than by feeding injury through sucking sap.
Management-chemical control
- pymetrozine (Fulfill) at 0.086 lb ai/A (2.75 oz/A product) as foliar treatment when aphids first appear. A second application may be made no sooner than 7 days after the initial treatment to control persistent infestations. Pymetrozine is a selective aphicide that works primarily by ingestion but does have some contact activity. Treated aphids stop feeding shortly after exposure but do not die for 2 to 7 days. Toxic to bees. No portion of treated plants can be used for food or feed. Washington: PHI 14 days. 24c SLN WA-190003 (expires 12/31/2024). Oregon: 24c SLN OR-180013 (expires 12/31/2023).