Dr. Jay Brunner (right) and the Pest Management Transition Project team have reached out to growers, consultants, and farmworkers. by Keith R. Granger, Jay F. Brunner, and Nadine Lehrer, WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Wenatchee, Washington The Pest Management Transition Project, spearheaded by Dr. Jay Brunner at Washington State University, is helping the state’s apple growers transform their integrated pest management programs by incorporating new farming practices and technologies. Many reduced-risk insecticides have been registered as alternatives to the organophosphate Guthion (azinphos-methyl) for control of codling moth, the key apple pest. However, proper use of these new products […]