Codling Moth and Pome Fruit Pests

• Reduce broad spectrum neurotoxic insecticide use
• maintain yields.

Methods

• mating disruption
• sanitation
• natural enemies
• early season Bt
• sterile males
• resistant cultivars

Extent of Implementation
Fiscal Years 1995-1999

• 1995 - five sites (California, Oregon, Washington), 68 growers, 3,109 acres
• 1999 - 22 sites, more than 600 growers, 21,000 acres in project
• Fiscal Year 2000 Phase III support

Results to Date

• Pesticide (azinphos-methyl) use declined.
• Natural enemies increased.
• Secondary pests declined.
• Fruit damage below 0.1% economic threshold.
• First generation moths were reduced more than 80%, then to almost undetectable levels.
• Cost of control less than in orchards with conventional pesticides in final assessment.
• Adoption to date amounts to about 75,000 acres.