Fireblight Prediction and Management
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Many consider blight an apparently random curse, and part of the game a pome fruit grower must play. As outbreaks do not occur yearly, damage always seems to be somebody else's problem, until it suddenly appears in your orchard.
How Relevant Are Parasitoids for Leafroller Control?
Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Leafrollers have a number of parasitoids that naturally occur in orchards.
Most Effective Strategies for Control of Obliquebanded Leafroller
Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Timing is everything when it comes to effective pest management. Knowing when a pest is susceptible to which kind of pesticide is the key for successful control.
Woolly Apple Aphid
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Woolly apple aphid (WAA) has become more common over the past few years and is a quarantine threat for export to certain countries. WAA can be found feeding on the roots as well as occurring in the tree canopy where it can appear as a white cottony mass on pruning scars or shoots.
How to Effectively Manage Codling Moth
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Without any intervention, codling moth numbers increase about four-fold from generation to generation. Therefore, targeting the first generation is important to reset the population size to a minimum. Control measures for subsequent generations can be adjusted to the local pest pressure indicated by trap counts.