Stone fruit pests

The most intensive effort to use pheromones in insect management has been in Australia, where an attract-and-kill strategy has been developed for protecting stone fruit crops. Historically, the Oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta Busck, was the major stone fruit pest, and heavy insecticide applications kept both this moth and, coincidentally, the Carpophilus beetles at acceptable levels. However, the widespread adoption of pheromone-based mating disruption for G. molesta control released the Carpophilus beetles from insecticide pressure, and these beetles, Ca. davidsoni in particular, became the dominant stone fruit pests (James et al., 1994). Late applications of broad-spectrum insecticides often... 

Protection Offered Sulfur can be purchased alone or mixed with other insecticides and inorganic fungicides to control a wide variety of garden pests. Use sulfur as an insecticide to control insects and mites on fruit trees and citrus. You can also use sulfur as a protectant fungicide. It is effective against apple scab, brown rot of stone fruits, powdery mildews, rose black spot, rusts, and other plant diseases on many crops, including grapes, potatoes strawberries, and tomatoes. 

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF POME AND STONE FRUITS... 

The secret of successful harvesting is to know when to pick particular fruit. Some crops are best picked before they turn ripe others, such as stone fruits, should be tree-ripened if you want the best flavor. Trees that have been grown in optimum conditions produce the best crops for storage immature crops, or those that have received too little water and nutrients or suffered from pest and disease damage, won t store well. There are a few simple golden rules to follow when harvesting and storing orchard fruits to help preserve them for several months. 

A completely new spectrum of control of the lepidopteran pests tortriddes such as Cydia pomondla and Cydia molesta in pome and stone fruit as well as coleopterans such as Anthonomus grandis in cotton and Mehligetes eaneus in rape. 

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