USE AND APPLICATION

For best results, apply CheckMate® OFM-F early in the season, as soon as the first oriental fruit moth of the season is detected by a BioLure® OFM pheromone trap or by field scouting. Apply at the rate of 1.32 fluid ounces per acre. Re-apply every 30 days, or sooner if trap captures occur. Use piston, diaphragm, or centrifugal pumps. (Use of roller or gear pumps will damage the Check­Mate OFM-F controlled release system). This product may be tank mixed with other insecticides, fungicides, fertilizers and additives. Retreatment may be required following rainfall or overhead irrigation. This product only affects adult male moths and will have no effect on female moths, eggs or larvae. If application occurs following biofix or during the growing sea­son, the orchard must be treated with insecticide treatments that will effec­tively control hatching larvae until egg laying by previously mated female moths has ceased to occur. In moderate to high insect pressure situations, supplemental in­secticide applications during the season may be neces­sary to provide adequate protection to developing fruit. These supplemental insecticide applications should be made based on trap monitoring, field scouting, and appropriate degree-day models for the local growing area and must be timed to control emerging larvae. Monitor insect infestations with BioLure OFM phero­mone traps and by visual in­spection of shoots and fruit. Early placement of BioLure OFM monitoring traps is recommended along with careful field scouting. Monitor treatments carefully for other insect pests such as peach twig borer. Note: This product does not control PTB. Careful scouting and insect identification must be made to properly differentiate between PTB and OFM. PTB must be controlled in susceptible crops. In addition, migration of PTB from almonds to adjacent maturing soft fruits must be controlled. CheckMate OFM-F is best used to control low populations of oriental fruit moth and prevent their increase. High oriental fruit moth population levels or migration from other sites may be managed by monitoring and supplemental insect control measures.