A Survey on Temperate Fruit Pests and their Importance in the Highland Areas of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Even though temperate fruit seedlings are disseminated in bulk, fruit production is insignificant and consumed locally.The foremost reasons that diminish the success of temperate fruit production in the zone are chilling insufficiency, lack of knowledge on adaptable varieties, shortage of skill to manage fruit trees, the absence of expertise on propagation methods, poor agronomic management and disease and insect pest pressure.At present, all but the disease and insect pest extents of these production problems are being worked on by different stakeholders.Therefore, as the first of its kind in the zone, assessing the status of diseases and insect pests on these crops may have an immense prospect for the success of the sector.In the past, seedlings have been introduced to North Shewa from local nurseries at Chencha, Holleta, Awi and recently from South Wello areas of Ethiopia infested with different diseases and insect pests.