To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fwd: Controlling Peach Tree Pests
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:29:09 -0400
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:
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> STORY LEAD:
> Environmentally-Friendly Controls for Peach Tree Pests
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.