The future of pest management in pears is bright, thanks to coming technology, Washington State University entomologist Dr. John Dunley believes. His vision of pear pest management 30 years from now might sound like science fiction, he admitted at the Washington State Horticultural Association’s annual meeting in Wenatchee. However, 30 years ago, when a grower’s arsenal comprised organo–phosphates, carbamate, and pyrethroid insecticides, who would have thought mating disruption would be possible? Nowadays growers have lots of options for controlling pear pests. Products with eight different modes of action are available to control pear psylla. For codling moth, there are seven […]