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Funding Program:
IPM Partnership Grants |
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Project Title:
Multi-Tactic Management Strategies for Internal Lepidoptera Infesting Northeast Apples |
Project Directors (PDs):
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Lead State: NY Lead Organization: Cornell University |
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Cooperating State(s):
Pennsylvania |
| Undesignated Funding: $32,106 |
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Start Date: Apr-01-2004 End Date: Mar-31-2005 |
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Pests Involved: lepidopterans |
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Site/Commodity: apples |
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Summary:
Apple in the eastern United States is a high value crop and a cornerstone of the region's agriculture. Apple production provides a large quantity of fresh fruit and fruit products, contributes to agri-tourism, and offers bucolic amenities to an increasingly urban and suburban landscape. During the last several years, fruit growers in New York and Pennsylvania have suffered severe financial losses because infestations by internal fruit feeding Lepidoptera have led to numerous loads of apples being rejected by fresh fruit markets and processing plants. The tree fruit industry in these states is already in an economic crisis because of depressed markets, increased production costs, changes in pesticide registrations, and foreign competition. If this new crisis is not solved quickly, it could hasten the decline of this already beleaguered industry. Furthermore, if growers are forced to revert to calendar spraying at 14-day intervals and use harsh materials such as synthetic pyrethroids to control internal Lepidoptera in these outbreak areas, more than 30 years of IPM research and implementation may be subverted.
Objectives: The objectives of this project are: 1) Evaluate multi-tactic management programs integrating mating disruption and improved timing of IPM-compatible insecticides in large-scale plots in grower orchards. 2) Monitor the susceptibility of field populations of internal Lepidoptera in outbreak areas to insecticides. 3) Encourage growers to adopt and implement management programs for internal Lepidoptera that are effective, sustainable, economically feasible, and compatible with existing orchard IPM programs. Proposal Progress Report 2005 |
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