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NEWARK, Del. - The
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is tackling one more crop
this summer in its campaign
to help farmers cut down on
the use of costly pesticides
through a technique known
as integrated pest
management. This time, the
target is mites and other
insects which feed on apple
trees.
Apples are a small crop in
Delaware, but according to
extension pest management
specialist Mark Graustein,
growers here are very in
terested in trying some of
the successful programs now
in use in other states.
Integrated pest
management is a system of
pest control which makes
use of a wide range of
methods to hold populations
of crop-damaging insects
below levels that cause
economic loss. These
methods include the use of
beneficial insects that prey
on these pests, as well as the
judicious application of
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surveys.
This often leads to reduced
use of chemicals. Besides
saving money, the system
reduces the likelihood that
harmful insects will become
resistant to pesticides. It
also cuts down on the
amount of toxic materials
released into the en
vironment.
The pilot pest
management program being
initiated on apples this
summer will aimed
primarily at the control of
two kinds of mite that affect
this crop. Mites appear to be
becoming resistant to a
number of miticides-a good
reason to look at other
controls.
Initially, says Graustem,
the program used in
Delaware will be based on a
system developed by Penn
State University. This uses a
lady beetle predator called
Stethorus punctum. This
predator occurs naturally m
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Management procedures
are designed to preserve the
predator population by using
chemicals least likely to
affect it and, where possible,
by reducing rates and
frequency of their ap
plication. If the program
works in Delaware, it could
mean a welcome reduction
in production costs for
growers.
The big question right now
is whether large enough
populations of Stethorus can
become established for the
beetle to be effective in
reducing mite populations m
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If the Pennsylvania
program doesn’t work in
Delaware, Graustem has
another one up his sleeve-an
apple pest management
program developed m New
Jersey.
This one uses a mite called
Amblyseius fallacis which
feeds on other mites.
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“We know this predator
also occurs in Delaware,”
says the specialist. “If it
looks as though it might
work out better here than
Stethorus we may switch
over to this other system.”
Besides focusing on mite
control, Graustem says his
pest management team will
be looking at ways to control
other apple pests, including
the codling moth, red and
oblique banded leafrollers,
and the tufted apple bud
moth.
Detection and monitoring
of these pests will be done
with pheromone traps.
“We’ll be using thresholds
developed in New York to
determine when to treat for
codling moths,” he says. A
scout to do the monitoring is
being hired with federal
funds allocated specifically
for use m such pilot pest
management programs.
The extension service will
be working with two
cooperating apple growers
this first year, while the
program is being tested.
A number of other
Delaware crops already
benefit from some kind of
pest management program.
Besides apple, these include
sweet com, soybeans, small
gram, alfalfa, field com, and
vegetables in general.
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New Wilmington; and Don
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College; Phil Wellhauser,
New Castle; and Greg Bard,
Lewistown.
Sheep
Bob Calvert, Mercer
County; Sigue Edvar, State
College; and Cath Listwak,
New Kensington.
Ken Winebark, Rochester
Mills, served as chairman
for the contest.
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