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  • February 15th 2013 Issue
  • Natural enemy inventory

    Knowing what’s in your orchard helps to stabilize your IPM program.

    Herbivore-induced plant volatile (HIPV) lure to attract natural enemies in orchards. Monitoring is one of the key components of any successful integrated pest management program, because it provides a window into what is going on in an orchard. This is true not only for pests but also for natural enemies. New monitoring tools, developed as part of the multistate project “Enhancing Biological Control in Western Orchards,” have shown that the presence of some natural enemies in orchards is much higher than previously thought. The project focused on using plant volatile lures to monitor key natural enemies and determine the time […]

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