scholarly journals Pest Activity and Protection Practices: Four Decades of Transformation in Quebec Apple Orchards

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Gérald Chouinard ◽  
Francine Pelletier ◽  
Charles Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Codling Moth ◽  
Downward Trend ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Tarnished Plant Bug ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Plum Curculio ◽  
Fruit Damage ◽  
Monitoring Traps

A group of commercial orchards from Quebec (Canada) was followed from 1977 to 2019 as part of a project to implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices. Collected data comprised activity of major fruit pests (from monitoring traps), fruit damage at harvest and pesticide applications, from which the annual costs and impacts of protection programs over 42 years were calculated. Activity and fruit damage in commercial orchards were compared to patterns observed in a reference insecticide-free orchard. Some insects (European apple sawfly, codling moth, apple maggot) were more prevalent in the insecticide-free orchard than in commercial orchards, while others were more prevalent in commercial orchards (oblique-banded leafroller) or as prevalent in both orchard types (tarnished plant bug). Annual fruit damage in the insecticide-free orchard was mostly from the apple maggot (up to 98%), the plum curculio (up to 90%) and the codling moth (up to 58%). The average situation was different in commercial orchards, whose damage was mostly from the plum curculio (up to 7.6%), the tarnished plant bug (up to 7.5%) and the oblique-banded leafroller (up to 1.7%). While the number of registered pesticides, the number of applications and the total cost of pesticides gradually increased from 2002 to 2019, the risks incurred, as measured by indicators of environmental and health impacts, followed a downward trend for insecticides and acaricides and varied slightly for fungicides.

scholarly journals Improving Ceratitis capitata control through the mass trapping technique in an IPM programme on apricots in Tunisia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Elimem
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Conventional Approach ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Organophosphate Pesticide ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Damage Rate ◽  
Fruit Damage

New techniques for Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) control are being studied and developed to replace traditional organophosphate pesticide applications. A mass trapping strategy offers promising medfly control within integrated pest management (IPM) programmes. Field assays were performed to study the efficacy of two mass trapping techniques based on PheroNorm<sup>®</sup> and Ceratrap<sup>®</sup> lures that were compared to a conventional approach to control the medfly in Tunisian apricot orchards. The results showed that both mass trapping techniques had a similar efficiency in reducing the C. capitata population. The degrees Brix in the fruits was a determinant issue since the initial apricot fruit damage was detected at 6.4%. At harvesting, the lowest fruit damage rate was recorded in the PheroNorm<sup>®</sup> (4.25%) and Ceratrap<sup>®</sup> (6.50%) treated orchards, compared with the conventional approach (10.75%). Therefore, the use of 50 PheroNorm<sup>®</sup> and Ceratrap<sup>®</sup> traps per ha density within an IPM approach may be very useful to control the C. capitata populations in apricot orchards.

scholarly journals Use of the sterile insect technique in New Zealand Benefits and constraints

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 296-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Horner ◽  
J.T.S. Walker ◽  
D.J. Rogers ◽  
P.L. Lo ◽  
D.M. Suckling
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Sterile Insect Technique ◽  
Codling Moth ◽  
Insect Control ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Pest Suppression ◽  
Complementary Strategy ◽  
Community Commitment

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is increasingly being evaluated as a potential complementary strategy for pest suppression or elimination New Zealands export fruit sector has an imperative to meet strict international phytosanitary requirements together with increasing market demand for residuefree produce SIT is a pestspecific method of insect control that can complement current Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies Successful SIT presents significant challenges the target pest must be a good candidate for suppression and strong stakeholder and community commitment is required to achieve and maintain suppression until areawide elimination is achieved Emerging sterilisation technologies and refinement of existing methods are making this technology progressively more efficient and costeffective This study reviewed the advantages of including SIT in an IPM programme and described the first use of codling moth SIT in New Zealand A pilot programme is currently underway to evaluate its potential to achieve local elimination of codling moth in Central Hawkes Bay apple orchards

Novel life stage targets against plum curculio,Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst), in apple integrated pest management

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 737-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C Wise ◽  
Ki Kim ◽  
Eric J Hoffmann ◽  
Christine Vandervoort ◽  
Ayhan Gökçe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Conotrachelus Nenuphar ◽  
Plum Curculio

Management of Plum Curculio and Catfacing Insects on Peaches in Central Alabama: Standard Crop Stage–Based vs. Integrated Pest Management–Based Approaches

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wheeler G. Foshee ◽  
Robert T. Boozer ◽  
Eugene K. Blythe ◽  
Dan L. Horton ◽  
Jason Burkett
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Plum Curculio
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