Location: Commodity Protection and Quality Research
Project Number: 2034-43000-043-015-R
Project Type: Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Nov 1, 2019
End Date: Mar 31, 2022
Objective:
Determine effect of insecticides for control of navel orangeworm during first flight (spring) in the presence and absence of mating disruption.
Approach:
Sentinel almond strands (groups of 20 almonds inshell and inhull, glued to a stick or dowel) will serve as experimental units in a randomized complete block design experiment comparing the effect of various insecticides on almond infestation by navel orangeworm in non-mating disruption and mating disruption orchards. Emphasis will be placed insecticide treatment during the first flight (spring). Each strand will be placed in a separate tree, and orchard rows will serve as replicate blocks.
