Integrated pest management of Rhagoletis mendax (Diptera: Tephritidae) in lowbush blueberry using vegetative field management.
Economic control of Rhagoletis mendax was achieved by applying insecticidal sprays to commercial lowbush blueberry vegetative fields, in a biennial production system, rather than to the fruiting fields, when the threshold was exceeded. The viability of this integrated pest management of R. mendax for lowbush blueberries was demonstrated over a 9-yr interval in New Brunswick where three sites were monitored for 2 yr, eight sites for 4 yr, and one site for 9 yr. Control of R. mendax in lowbush blueberry fields was achieved in 2 yr when the fields were isolated, and in 3 yr when there were adjacent lowbush blueberry fields.
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre, Kentville, NS. gauls@em.agr.ca
McRae
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Estabrooks
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D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D004117:Dimethoate; D029791:Ericaceae; D005260:Female; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D007306:Insecticides; D008297:Male; D033621:Tephritidae
D007306:Insecticides; D004117:Dimethoate