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  • March 1st 2009 Issue
  • Pear IPM tools

    Neonicotinyl insecticides are at risk for resistance.

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Pear growers have many tactics to use in their integrated pest management programs. But figuring out how to use them to prevent insect resistance is the hard part, says Dr. John Dunley, Washington State University entomologist. Orchardists now have chemicals available with more than eight different modes of action that are registered for pear psylla control, the pest that drives most pear IPM programs in the Pacific Northwest. “Resistance management is critical so that we can […]

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