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  • From: <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fwd: Controlling Peach Tree Pests
  • Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:21:10 -0600

You can get beneficial nematodes at http://www.arbico-organics.com/beneficial-nematodes.html. They have some good info on their web site.


Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
http://www.revivalhymn.com
----- 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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