Essays about: "apple fruit moth"
Found 3 essays containing the words apple fruit moth.
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1. Odour-mediated behaviour in codling moth, Cydia pomonella : do fermentation odours affect the attraction and oviposition behaviour in codling moth?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection BiologyAbstract : The codling moth, Cydia pomonella is a common pest in apple orchards and can be found worldwide. Feeding by codling moth larvae can cause a substantial decrease in apple yield. Control methods comprise for example the use of pesticides, viruses and pheromones. READ MORE
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2. Ground-living predators of the apple fruit moth Argyresthia conjugella (Zell.)
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EntomologyAbstract : Field studies were conducted in two orchards to investigate what type of ground- living predators that prey on the apple fruit moth during hibernation. Two tasks were addressed: 1) hibernation loss of the apple fruit moth was quantified, and 2) effect of the different predator groups were identified. READ MORE
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3. Varför finns det så lite svensk ekologisk frukt? : probleminventering av den svenska ekologiska fruktbranschen
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop ScienceAbstract : Out of totally 1862 hectares of the Swedish fruitacerage, only 142 hectares are cultivated according to the EU-standards for organic farming. Only 73 hectares are connected to the Swedish control organisation KRAV. Therefore only fruit from this acreage can be sold as organic. READ MORE