Open AccessSome Causes of Cat-facing in Peaches
Author(s) -
B. A. Porter,
S. C. Chandler,
R. F. Sazama
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v17.285
Subject(s) - curculio , biology , horticulture , geography , botany , curculionidae
Peach cat-facing is a scarred and distorted condition of the fruit, which causes serious losses in some seasons in the peach-growing sections of the Middle West and elsewhere. The investigations reported in this paper have proved that at least six species of insects have a part in the production of cat-facing. These insects are the Tarnished Plant Bug, the Plum Curculio, and four species of stink bugs.