RESEARCH REPORTS 2007
Orchard Management
Entomology
- BVS - New Reduced Risk IPM Tools for Pears
- Elkins - Monitoring and the Use of Mass Trapping Outside the Orchard to Control Consperse Stink Bug (EUSCHISTUS conspersus UHLER) in Pear Orchards
- Ingels BVS - Comparison of Calypso with Standard Insecticides for Codling Moth Control
- Millar - Chemical and Acoustic Communication in Boxelder Bug, Leptocoris (=Boisea) spp. (Hemiptera Rhopalidae)
- Varela - Monitoring and Controlling Katydids in Pear Orchards
- Welter - Development of Cost Effective Pheromone Mating Disruption for Codling Moth in Pears and Walnuts
Orchard Practices
Plant Pathology
- Broome - Testing an Italian Model that Predicts Pear Scab Ascospore Release Based on Orchard Temperature and Wetness Conditions
- Gubler - Detection of resistance in populations of pear scab (Venturia pirina) and fireblight (Erwinia amylovora) in California pear orchards
- JEA - Evaluation of New Bactericides for Control of Fire Blight of Pears caused by Erwinia amylovora
- JEA - Tables
- Zoller - WOPDMC Comparison of Capture of Ascospores of Venturia pirina with Degree Days (0oC), Temperature of Rains and Dry Periods in Ukiah, California
Postharvest
- JEA - Evaluation of Postharvest Treatments for Management of Gray Mold, Blue Mold, and
- Mitcham - Use of Diphenylamine (DPA) to Improve Post-Storage Quality of Bartlett Pears
- Mitcham - Use of Hatvista (1-MCP) in the Field or as a Postharvest Dip to Extend The Harvest Window, Increase Fruit Size and Improve Post-Storage Fruit Quality
