A research report from Drs. Vincent Jones, Gary Grove, and Jay Brunner, Washington State University While the tree fruit industry is no stranger to change, in terms of pest management, the magnitude of the changes we are currently experiencing are greater now than in the past 40 years. In particular, we are moving away from codling moth control programs based on organophosphate insecticides and towards programs based on mating ­disruption and softer insecticides. This change has already begun, and while the overall result has been acceptable, it is clear that the change has not come without growing pains. In part, […]