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INTEGRATED FRUIT PRODUCTION FOR NEW ZEALAND PIPFRUIT: PEST MANAGEMENT
Article number
525_8
Pages
79 – 84
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Abstract
A pilot Integrated Fruit Production (IFP) programme for pest and disease management was first introduced to New Zealand pipfruit growers during the 1996197 season.
A total of 88 growers from the major pipfruit growing districts were involved.
In the 1997/98 season the programme was expanded to 378 growers nationally.
Pest management was based on monitoring and threshold-based applications of selective insect growth regulator insecticides and limited use of organophosphate insecticides.
The programme has maintained low levels of pest damage to fruit and significant reductions in pesticide use have been achieved.
A total of 88 growers from the major pipfruit growing districts were involved.
In the 1997/98 season the programme was expanded to 378 growers nationally.
Pest management was based on monitoring and threshold-based applications of selective insect growth regulator insecticides and limited use of organophosphate insecticides.
The programme has maintained low levels of pest damage to fruit and significant reductions in pesticide use have been achieved.
Authors
P.W. Shaw, J.T.S. Walker, C.H. Wearing, S.J. Bradley
Keywords
integrated fruit production, pest management, pipfruit, New Zealand
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