Editing Cherry (section)

=== Pests and diseases ===
[[File:Brunatna zgnilizna drzew pestkowych.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Cherries with ''[[Monilinia laxa]]'']]

Generally, the cherry can be a difficult fruit tree to grow and keep alive.<ref name="ingels">{{cite book | last = Ingels| first= Chuck |display-authors=etal | title=The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees | pages=27–8 | year=2007 | publisher=University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources}}</ref>  In Europe, the first visible pest in the growing season soon after blossom (in April in western Europe) usually is the [[Myzus cerasi|black cherry aphid]] ("cherry blackfly," ''Myzus cerasi''), which causes leaves at the tips of branches to curl, with the blackfly colonies exuding a sticky secretion which promotes fungal growth on the leaves and fruit. At the fruiting stage in June/July (Europe), the [[Rhagoletis cerasi|cherry fruit fly]] (''Rhagoletis cingulata'' and ''Rhagoletis cerasi'') lays its eggs in the immature fruit, whereafter its larvae feed on the cherry flesh and exit through a small hole (about 1&nbsp;mm diameter), which in turn is the entry point for fungal infection of the cherry fruit after rainfall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=47051|title=cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis cingulata)|work=plantwise.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924074441/http://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=47051|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref> In addition, cherry trees are susceptible to bacterial [[canker]], [[cytospora]] canker, [[Monilinia fructicola|brown rot of the fruit]], [[root rot]] from overly wet soil, crown rot, and several viruses.<ref name="ingels"/>