Organic apple production in two humid regions: Comparing progress in pest management strategies in Iowa and New Zealand

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-21

  Delate, Kathleen ^a   McKern, Andrea ^a   Turnbull, Robert ^a   Walker, James T S ^b   Volz, Richard ^b   White, Allan ^b   Bus, Vincent ^b   Rogers, Dave ^b   Cole, Lyn ^b   How, Natalie ^b   Guernsey, Sarah ^b   Johnston, Jason ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Codling moth; Controlled atmosphere; Leafroller; Scab resistant cultivars; Woolly apple aphid

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; PEST CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARDS;

CODLING MOTH; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; PEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SCAB-RESISTANT CULTIVARS; UNITED STATES; WOOLLY APPLE APHID;

FRUITS;

APHIDIDAE; CYDIA POMONELLA; ERIOSOMA LANIGERUM; GRANULOVIRUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VENTURIA INAEQUALIS;

EID: 38049141682     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.1.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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