Phytosanitation regulations in several international markets require postharvest treatments to control codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in various commodities. Thermal treatments are gaining acceptance to replace chemical fumigation. Determining the most thermal-tolerant life stage is essential in the development of effective postharvest insect control protocols ba...

Although controlled atmosphere temperature treatments are effective in controlling codlingmoth,Cydia pomonella (L.), in fruit, themechanismbywhich this combination treatment kills the larvae is unknown.Differential scanning calorimetrywas used to determine the effects of elevated temperatures, lowO2, andhighCO2 on themetabolic heat rate of Þfth-instar codlingmoths. TotalATP levels also were det...

The codling moth Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera Tortricidae) is one of the key pests in apple and pear trees and its high harmfulness on the fruits requires a strongly effective pest management. Among the pest control strategies adopted in the years, nowadays integrated pest management (IPM) represents one of the most diffused methods and it requires pest monitoring by means of sex pheromone...

23 Experiments were conducted in North and South America during 2012-2013 to 24 evaluate the use of lure combinations of sex pheromones (PH), host plant volatiles 25 (HPV), and food baits in traps to capture the oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta 26 (Busck) and codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) in pome and stone fruit orchards 27 treated with sex pheromones. The combination of the sex phe...

Despite the agricultural importance of species in the Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), and the value of gene expression analysis for improved population management, few gene expression studies based on quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) have been conducted for this tribe. Part of the reason for this lack of information is that suitable reference genes, which are fundamental for accurate ...

BACKGROUND The effect of varying the height of reservoir dispensers for mating disruption of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), was investigated. The goal was to improve the effectiveness of C. pomonella mating disruption through improved understanding of adult distribution within the tree canopy and the impact of pheromone dispenser placement on disruption. Two dispensers per tree were placed...

A 4-yr research and implementation project in Michigan apple production showed that deploying pheromone-mediated mating disruption for codling moth, Cydia pomonella L., in an areawide (AW-CMMD) program where mating disruption is established on all apple-producing acreage on individual and adjacent farms, significantly improves control of codling moth. The areawide project was compared with mati...