Late Season Pest Considerations

Art Agnello, Cornell University; edits by Michael Basedow, CCE ENYCHP and Monique J. Rivera, Cornell University

With the start of harvest, there are just a few remaining insect pest management issues to keep in mind.  The primary concern at this point should be internal leps. With labor concerns and a good crop, fruit may hang on the trees longer than originally thought, and it is important to stay vigilant to protect the crop. There is usually a third “flight” of codling moth, which normally doesn’t result in larval populations of any consequence, but this year’s extended stretch of favorable temperatures may carry that generation’s development further than normal. To continue reading: https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1088.pdf