Apple Production Without the Input of Neuroactive Insecticides
| Personnel: | John Brown |
| Cooperators: | Jay Brunner George Ing Tom Schotzko |
| Keywords: | pests,insects,SARE,insecticides,orchards,Carbidae,ground beetles,predators,codling moths,pheromone disruption ,orchards,tree fruits,biological control,pesticides,natural enemies |
| Abstract: | This 4-year on-farm research project examined insect pest management strategies in apples that could eliminate the use of neurotoxic insecticides. Organic orchards were included in the study. The final report is available on the SARE database. It is project SW94-023. http://www.sare.org/reporting/report_viewer.asp?pn=SW94-023&ry=1994&rf=0
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| Impact: | Value of Carbidae (ground beetles) as general predators of codling moth in pheromone disruption orchards
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| Institution: | WSU |
| State: | WA |