Trees which have a dense canopy and vigorous shoot growth tend to support greater populations of caterpillars. If shoot growth then ceases when caterpillars are young due to water stress and/or a heavy fruit load, the caterpillars tend to move to feed on …
Bradley, S. J., Walker, J. T. S., Wearing, C. H., Shaw, P. W. and Hodson, A. J. 1998. The use of pheromone traps for leafroller action thresholds in pipfruit. Proceedings of the 51st N.Z. Plant Protection Conference , 173-178. Van der Geest, L. P. S. & …
Life cycle Pest status Other hosts Varietal susceptibility Distribution Damage Recognition Monitoring Forecasting Chemical control Biological control Natural enemies Biotechnological control Cultural control Further …
Control Several insecticides are approved for control of tortricid moths and/or other caterpillars on apple in the UK and these are also applicable to light brown apple moth. Light brown apple moth is, fortuitously, controlled by several of the sprays …
Light brown apple moth has the potential to cause significant fruit damage in organic orchards. If control measures are necessary, sprays of the biological control agent Bacillus thuringiensis (Dipel DF, Lepinox Plus) should be applied although this has …
Light brown apple moth (a tortricid) is a minor, but sporadic pest of apple in the UK. The life cycle involves at least two generations per annum in the UK. The moth has a very wide host range and the larvae are known to feed on over 120 plant species. …
The apple fruit rhynchites weevil is a local but destructive pest of apples which has been increasing in importance in recent years. …
Hawthorn is the normal host but apple and occasionally pear, plum and cherry can be attacked. …
Many commonly grown apple varieties are susceptible. The scab resistant apple variety Saturn is highly susceptible. …
Research interests Lesley Boyd is a senior cereal pathologist based at Niab's Park Farm site. She leads research programmes investigating the genetics and biology of cereal-pathogen interactions, including ergot, yellow (stripe), leaf (brown) and stem …
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