Since a single live codling moth in a box of fruit has the potential to close a major export market, efforts are being intensified to take care of unmanaged trees or orchards. Doug England, manager of Manson Growers Cooperative at Manson, Washington, said Taiwan has rigid requirements for the apples that it imports in terms of codling moth control. And, access to several other markets could be jeopardized by infestations of apple maggot, a pest that was once confined mainly to western Washington but in recent years has been showing up in major fruit-producing counties. England said unmanaged or neglected […]