To reduce pesticide use and improve fruit production by demonstrating the effectiveness of SIT for codling moth control using AW-IPM programmes.
If you had apples with worms last year, it is likely you will have wormy apples this year too, unless you take precautions. Worms in apples are the larvae of codling moths. These relatives of ...
If you had apples with worms last year, it is likely you will have wormy apples this year too, unless you take precautions. Worms in apples are the larvae of codling moths. These relatives of ...
While apple trees in Casper and Wyoming have many challenges, including late freezes which reduce blooming, fire blight, scale and rust, most fruit damage is caused by a little insect called a codling ...
After apple maggot, codling moth is the most troublesome local pest for apples. In a November column, I mentioned a promising new product for codling moth control available from IPM Tech in ...
Q: I have had wormy apples in my Honeycrisp apple tree. Last year, I had the same problem. I was told to spray a fungicide. I also sprayed neem oil. I waited until the apples started to form. I still ...
Did you have a large crop of apples this year, but they were all wormy? The damage was probably due to codling moth larvae that bore into the center of the fruit. Here’s how to help control the pest, ...
Moths are among the most feared invasive insect pest species. They are the major damaging pests of annual and perennial fibre and food crops, forest products and stored food commodities throughout the ...
A cocktail of gaseous compounds emitted by a beneficial fungus may offer a way to biologically fumigate stored apples, ridding them of codling moth larvae. A cocktail of gaseous compounds emitted by a ...
There are plenty of ways to help your apple trees thrive, such as pruning and choosing the right fertilizer. But what if your apples are turning brown and mushy before they're even ripe? Codling moths ...