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  • March 1st 2007 Issue
  • Apple maggot on the move

    The pest has moved into new areas but has not yet been found in a commercial orchard.

    [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”] Last summer, Dan McCarthy got the phone call he’d been dreading. Washington State Department of Agriculture trappers had found the first apple maggot in Okanogan County, Washington. The apple maggot was first found in the Pacific Northwest in 1979. Trapping showed that it was already established in parts of western Washington, Oregon, and California. Since then, it has been found throughout Western Washington, along the Columbia Gorge, and around Spokane in eastern Washington. In recent years, […]

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