The Virginia Fruit Web Site:
Pear IPM
Updated 3 March 2026
Pest Biology | Trap Data | Biological
Control | Chemical Control | Mating Disruption
Pest Insect and Disease Biology and
Monitoring
- Order
Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide
- 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
- Indirect Pests of Pear -
affecting other parts of the plant
- Current pheromone trap data for
selected pome fruit pests
- Virginia Counties:
- 2010: Madison (see Graves Apple
and Peach
data), Rappahannock, Winchester
- 2008: Montgomery,
Madison (see Graves Apple
and Peach
data), Nelson,
Rappahannock,
Winchester
- 2004: Albemarle,
Amherst, Botetourt, Montgomery, Madison (see
Graves Apple
and Peach
data), Nelson, Rappahannock, Winchester
- 2003: Albemarle,
Amherst, Montgomery, Madison (see
Graves Apple
and Peach
data), Nelson, Rappahannock, Winchester
- 2002: Albemarle
(Covesville; Miller School), Amherst, Botetourt,Montgomery (also see 2001), Nelson, Patrick, Rappahannock
- West Virginia
- Degree-day use and
interpretation for growers
- Degree-day targets for CM, OFM and TBM
- Tree Fruit Pests of the Month!
- Biological and monitoring
information for pear diseases:
- The
Orchard Monitor, a biweekly newsletter on fruit IPM from West
Virginia University
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
- Toxicity
to Orchard Predators from Pesticides [from 2022 Spray
Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia
and West Virginia Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419)]
- Commercial sources of natural enemies
- Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Chemical Control
- Your Nearest Poison Control Center -
(800) 222-1222
- Control Recommendations (,
because pest species and recommended controls vary regionally.
Recommendations for commericial use and home use are made
separately for specific reasons. Many pesticides used by
commercial growers require applicators to be certified; these
may not legally be purchased or applied by non-certified
applicators. Materials recommended for home fruit production
are safer for application in the typical homeowner
environment.).
(Abridged html 2017 version)
- Links to Virginia Chemical Control Recommendations:
- To buy hard
copies of Virginia Tech Recommendations
- Toxicityto Orchard Predators from Pesticides [from 2022 Spray
Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia,
West Virginia and Maryland Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419)]
- Toxicity to Honey Bees of Fruit Insecticides [from 2022 Spray Bulletin for Commercial
Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia and West Virginia Coop. Ext. Pub.
456-419)]
- Environmental Impact Quotient, developed at Cornell University to
determine the environmental impact of orchard insecticides
(updated by Cornell July 2003)
- Insecticide Resistance Management (Breeze)
- Pesticide legislation - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA)
(U. S. Senate web links)
Pheromone-based Monitoring and
Management
Information on establishing a disruption block in orchards or vineyards
Mating disruption
for codling moth
- Labels for mating disruption products
- Codling moth: Isomate
C-TT, sprayable Suterra's Checkmate
CM-F), Suterra's CM and OFM Puffers, Isomate CM/OFM TT,
SPLAT Cydia,
- Oriental fruit moth: SPLAT
OFM, Isomate-M Rosso, Isomate CM/OFM TT,
- Dogwood borer: Isomate DWB
(dogwood borer),
- Peach borers: Isomate Dual,
- Grape root borer: Isomate GRB Z, (Section 18 for 2025)
- Pacific Biocontrol Mating Disruption Information
- Hercon
Environmental
- Washington State University page on codling moth mating disruption.
- Pherolist,
a glossary of lepidopteran sex attractants
- A Course in
Fruit IPM
Weed Management
Upcoming IPM conferences:
Douglas G.
Pfeiffer