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["MARIE ASHTON" <bwoodtx@verizon.net>]

The S. riobrave nematode is available form Becker Underwood in a product 
called BioVector. See: 
http://www.beckerunderwood.com/products_info/biovector_techsheet.pdf

Regards,
Richard Ashton
Oak Creek Orchard
www.oakcreekorchard.com
bwoodtx@verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <David.Maxwell@dal.ca>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fwd: Controlling Peach Tree Pests


> Any information on Round Headed Apple Tree borers (Saperda candida) and
> nematodes??  Where does one get such nematodes?
>
>
> On 7 Mar 2008 at 7:42, Lon J. Rombough wrote:
>
> > STORY LEAD:
> > Environmentally-Friendly Controls for Peach Tree Pests
> > ___________________________________________
> >
> > ARS News Service
> > Agricultural Research Service, USDA
> > Sharon Durham, (301) 504-1611, sharon.durham@ars.usda.gov
> > March 7, 2008
> > --View this report online, plus photos and related stories, at
> > www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr
> > ___________________________________________
> >
> > Peach growers combat several insects that harm their crop, usually
> > using chemical pesticides to do so.  Agricultural Research Service
> > (ARS) scientists in the Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research
> > Laboratory in Byron, Ga., are seeking environmentally friendly
> > alternatives.
> <SNIP>
>
> > The scientists knew from lab studies that another peach pest, the
> > lesser peachtree borer, is also highly susceptible to S. carpocapsae.
> > But the researchers also realized that controlling the lesser peachtree
> > borer would be more difficult because they attack trees
> > aboveground--where the nematodes dry out and are less effective.
> >
> > To deal with this problem, the researchers applied S. carpocapsae
> > nematodes to tree wounds and then covered the wounds with
> > moisture-holding bandages.  In the first trial, 100 percent lesser
> > peachtree borer mortality was attained in five days.
>
>
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