What's eating my hosui asian pear?

Hosui Asian pear's thin, crisp skin is attractive to codling moth and brown marmorated stink bug. Pear psylla is present but generally less severe on Asian pear species than European. Fire blight, aphids, and birds targeting the sweet, russet skin at harvest are also common concerns for growers.

Larvae enter near the calyx, tunnel to the core; internal rot makes fruit unmarketable; frass visible at the entry hole Pheromone traps from petal fall; spinosad or codling moth granulosis virus at egg-hatch timing; remove and destroy fallen fruit promptly

Feeding creates corky, water-soaked dimples under the skin — cat-facing — which ruins the crisp texture Asian pears are prized for Fine exclusion netting over individual clusters or whole trees; kaolin clay repellent barrier; perimeter trap crops of sunflower

Honeydew and sooty mould on fruit surface; reduced vigour and photosynthesis from leaf infestations Dormant oil spray; release Anthocoris bugs as biological control; avoid water stress which increases plant susceptibility

Peck ripe fruit, leaving wounds that rot rapidly; thin-skinned Hosui is especially vulnerable near harvest Drape bird netting over the canopy; install reflective deterrents; harvest promptly when fruit reaches optimum sugar