Season-long Management ofDrosophila suzukiiin Rabbiteye Blueberry, 2014

The objective of these trials was to determine efficacy of season-long insecticide programs against SWD in rabbiteye blueberries. Trials were conducted at the University of Georgia Blueberry Research and Demonstration Farm in Alma, GA. We evaluated nine treatment programs each consisted of weekly applications of different insecticides (Table 1). Treatments were organized in an RCB design with three blocks of nine treatments and an untreated check. The plots were approximately 0.09–0.12 acres and included three to five rows of blueberry bushes. Insecticides were applied weekly from June 2014 to July 2014 at the manufacturer-recommended maximum field rate with a standard airblast sprayer. Water was used at the rate of 50 gpa for the foliar spray applications. Induce (nonionic surfactant) was added at the rate of 1 pt/100 gal of total spray volume …