Project Overview
Codling moth (CM) and oriental fruit moth (OFM) pose economic and environmental risks to apple production in New York. In spite of monitoring, using insect developmental models, and increased insecticide usage in high pressure blocks, many growers are still having problems due to insufficient spray coverage and/or insecticide resistance. Growers can mitigate these two factors by evaluating and improving spray coverage in various tree sizes and/or using mating disruption pheromone technology. The costs of these two approaches differ significantly. By participating in on-farm demonstrations, workshops, and schools, growers increased their ability to analyze the economic risk and choose the optimal solution. Apple growers learned how to implement mating disruption pheromones, evaluated spray coverage results, and evaluated the cost-benefit of using mating disruption and other practices for control of CM and OFM. This project demonstrated the potential to reduce damage and the economic and environmental risks associated with CM and OFM.
Number of Participants: 277
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