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MONITORING INFORMATION

Monitoring adult populations of oriental fruit moth and peach twig borer with BioLureŽ pheromone traps is strongly recommended to provide baseline information on population density and to improve timing of mating disruption and/or insecticide treatments. Good monitoring is an important part of achieving optimum results. Visual inspection of foliage and fruit for larval feeding is also needed at frequent intervals after treating to implement supplemental control strategies if needed. Place one BioLure wing trap per 10 acres with a minimum of two traps per block. Position traps in the upper portion of the canopy. Place additional traps on borders that are most subject to migration from adjacent fields or host crops. Clean trap bottoms at least twice weekly. Replace BioLure OFM and PTB lures at least every two months and trap bottoms more often if they become dirty or covered with dust, spray material, moth scales or other insect body parts. Do not handle other types of insect lures before or after placement of BioLure traps without thoroughly washing hands. BioLure traps should not be utilized as the only method of monitoring the degree of crop protection being afforded by CheckMateŽ SF. Effective pheromone mating disruption treatments will shut down trap catches of male moths. Pheromone lures, such as BioLure will not detect migration of females from adjacent fields. The use of bait traps (terpinyl acetate) and frequent field inspection of fruit is strongly recommended.

 
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