Pest management in orchards
IPM in the middle of winter
As the good bugs are over-wintering or hibernating, so are the bad bugs.
Mealybug in apples—an emerging problem
I have come across mealybug in other horticultural crops such as grapes and pears but prior to...
Insect pest monitoring with pheromone traps (part2)
The use of traps with an insect sex pheromone lure is the simplest and most accurate way to...
Systems approach for fruit fly
Managing fruit fly will become a community responsibility following the suspended use of...
Woolly apple aphid
Woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum) is usually considered a ‘secondary’ pest of apple trees, but...
The future of IPM
IPM is best described as the use of multiple insect management strategies which minimise pest...
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