Pest Insect and Disease Biology and Monitoring

• Biological and monitoring information for orchard arthropods: Reprinted with permission from Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide, published by NRAES, 152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-5701. (607) 255-7654
 
• Direct Pests of Pear - affecting fruit directly
 

• Brown marmorated stink bug
• Codling moth (DD)
  
• Oriental fruit moth (DD)
• Spotted wing drosophila
• Pear rust mite
• Pear sawfly
• Pearleaf blister mite


• Indirect Pests of Pear - affecting other parts of the plant
 
• Pear psylla
• Spider mites
• Pearleaf blister mite
• Pear slug
• San Jose scale
• Periodical cicada
• Current pheromone trap data for selected pome fruit pests
 
• Virginia Counties 2008:  Montgomery,  Nelson, Rappahannock
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• Degree-day use and interpretation for growers

Biological Control

• Predators of Mites and AphidsReprinted with permission from Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide, published by NRAES, 152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-5701. (607) 255-7654

 
Predators of Mites - L.A. Hull and R. L. Horsburgh
 
• Stethorus punctum
• Amblyseius fallacis
• Zetzellia mali
• Minute pirate bugs
• Black hunter
• Predatory mirids
Predators of aphids - D. G. Pfeiffer and H. W. Hogmire
 
• Syrphid flies
• Aphid midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza
• Green and brown lacewings
• Ladybird beetles
• Minute pirate bugs (Andrews & Kuhar VCE Factsheet on pirate bugs)


• Toxicity to Orchard Predators from Pesticides [from 2013 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia and West Virginia Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419)]

Chemical Control

• Your Nearest Poison Control Center - (800) 222-1222
• Selected materials for individual insect pests:
• Insects
• Diseases

• Critical Degree Days for CM, OFM and TBM
• Text on Insecticides
• Mode of action
• Degree-day targets for CM, OFM and TBM
• Toxicity to Orchard Predators from Pesticides [from 2013 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia and West Virginia Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419)]
  
• Toxicity to Honey Bees of Fruit Insecticides [from 2013 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia and West Virginia Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419)]

• Pesticide regulatory updates and EPA registration changes:

• NPIRS State Pesticide Information Retrieval System (for wireless PDA)

Pheromone-based Monitoring and Management

• Labels for mating disruption products

• Codling moth: Isomate-C TT, Disrupt CM-Xtra, Checkmate-CM, Checkmate CM-F,
  
• Oriental fruit moth: Isomate-M Rosso, Isomate-OFM TT,  Disrupt OFM, Checkmate OFM, Checkmate -OFM-F (Suterra sprayable),
• Grape berry moth: Isomate-GBM Plus, SPLAT-GBM,
  
• Lesser peachtree borer: Isomate-LPTB (MSDS),
• Peachtree borer:Isomate-P  (MSDS),
• CheckMate Puffer CM-O (Suterra)
  
• CheckMate Puffer OFM-O (Suterra)

Other Topics

• Upcoming IPM conferences:
• Eastern WinerEastern Winery Expositiony Exposition - Lancaster PA - 4-6 March
• Wineries and Breweries Unlimited - Richmond VA - 11-14 March
  
• Eastern Branch Entomological Society of America - Williamsburg VA - 15-19 March 2014
• Entomological Society of America National Meeting - Portland OR - 16-19 Nov 2014
• Entomological Society of America National Meeting - Minneapolis MN - 14-18 Nov 2015
• International Congress of Entomology/Entomological Society of America Joint Meeting - Orlando FL - 25-30 Sep 2016
  
• IOBC/WPRS Working Group (see list of IOBC meetings).
 
• PDA links
• Pear AdVisor page
• Order the Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide (NRAES-75) ($48.00) from NRAES (Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service) at http://www.nraes.org, or (607) 255-7654.