Pest management in orchards
Pest management in orchards
Gene transformation: Gene technology has commonly been used in agriculture for pest and disease resistance and herbicide tolerance, and most recently for developing a greater nutritional value in foods.
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- By Susanna Turpin
Cross-breeding: Breeding for plant resistance to pests and diseases has traditionally focussed on the use of genes from wild-type plants that can naturally combat pathogens.
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- By Susanna Turpin
Last month we looked at trapping and monitoring QFF.
This month we look at control measures.
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- By Russell Fox
Monitoring pests and diseases is a fundamental first step in creating a proper IPM program.
Targeting pests at the right time and with the right product, can save money, make pest management programs more effective, and can help preserve beneficial insects and mites.
There are many ways to monitor for insect pests, and one very popular way is using pheromone traps.
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- By IPM Practitioner
We are going down to ground level in this article.
A new study just released shows how important some of the unknown and unseen insects are in controlling our fruit pests.
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- By IPM Practitioner
The use of traps with an insect sex pheromone lure is the simplest and most accurate way to monitor pests.
The presence (or absence) of these pests in the orchard can be detected and monitored.
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