Orchard sanitation includes the use of tree banding and removing infested apples. While successful, they can be laborious. Washington state industry expert Mark LePierre shares…
New Zealand has successfully implemented Sterile Insect Release programs. The industry values IPM tactics and uses sterile insects as another integral tool. Principal Scientist, Jim…
Canada has a successful Sterile Insect Release (SIR) program that was government funded. SIR is area-wide which has disrupts mating of codling moths and allows…
Essential to an IPM program is understanding the different pheromone mating disruption techniques and their unique strengths and weaknesses. In this presentation, Don Thomson discusses…
Codling Moth: How Orchard Management and Socioeconomic Conditions Affect Codling Moth
Orchard pest management, like pruning and thinning, is expensive and conducted on viable blocks. Abandoned or neglected orchards can lead directly to high populations of…
Trap placement, density, and lure type are affected by the biology and dispersion of codling moth. Knowing how to interpret counts in relation to prior…
Insect models are a mathmetical calculation to predict the expected development (phenology) of an insect, but do not always represent exact field populations. Interpretation of…
Successful codling moth management must begin with a a fundamental understanding codling moth history, host ranges, reproduction, and how temperature influences development. This presentation discusses…