Brewster Area-wide Management (BAM) - Low Impact Control of Codling Moth and Leafroller in Apples

1998 Annual Report for FW98-036

Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 1998: $10,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2000
Region: Western
State: American Samoa
Principal Investigator:

Brewster Area-wide Management (BAM) - Low Impact Control of Codling Moth and Leafroller in Apples

Summary

Oblique banded leafroller (OBLR) has been a significant pest in the Brewster area for the past six years. The use of a “dual pheromone” dispenser for mating disruption of OBLR and codling moth (CM) will be explored. More than 1,400 CM/OBLR traps will be monitored in an effort to control these pests in a cost-effective manner with the goal of less that 1 percent fruit damage at harvest.