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Overview of areawide programs and the program for suppression of codling moth in the western USA directed by the United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service
Author(s) -
Calkins Carrol O,
Faust Robert J
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pest management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.296
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1526-4998
pISSN - 1526-498X
DOI - 10.1002/ps.712
Subject(s) - codling moth , agriculture , hectare , population , mating disruption , service (business) , pest analysis , agricultural science , geography , agricultural economics , biology , business , demography , economics , ecology , archaeology , horticulture , sociology , lepidoptera genitalia , marketing
Abstract An areawide suppression program for codling moth ( Cydia pomonella L) populations was initiated in 1995 in Washington, Oregon and California under the direction of the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service in cooperation with Washington State University, Oregon State University and University of California, Berkeley. Mating disruption was used to reduce the pest population while reducing and eliminating the use of organophosphate insecticides. During the 5‐year program, the original 1064 hectares were expanded to 8400 hectares and from 66 grower participants to more than 400 participants. The acreage under mating disruption in the three states increased from 6000 hectares in 1994 to 54 000 hectares in the year 2000. Published in 2003 for SCI by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.