Pheromones control oriental fruit moth and peach twig borer in cling peaches
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Pickel, Carolyn; Hasey, Janine; Bentley, Walt; Olson, William H.; Grant, Joe
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Slow-release pheromone tech-nology can successfully control oriental fruit moth and peach twig borer while eliminating in-season insecticide sprays in cling peaches. In conjunction with a demon-stration program, we compared mating disruption for these two pests with standard grower pest-control methods in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, and monitored for pest damage, yield and grower costs. While the mating-disruption program was effective in controlling the targeted pests, costs were higher and growers preferred a partial disruption program that included some supplemental late-season insecticide sprays. Subsequently, we developed monitoring methods to determine the need for supple-mental sprays. This partial mating-disruption program still costs about
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Date of Publication
2002
Title
California Agriculture
Volume Number
56/5
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Pickel, Carolyn; Hasey, Janine; Bentley, Walt; Olson, William H.; Grant, Joe