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Title: Suppression of the codling moth Cydia pomonella in British Columbia, Canada using an area-wide integrated approach with an SIT component

Author
item BLOEM, S - RALEIGH, NC
item MCCLUSKEY, A - OKANAGAN/PENTICTON,BC,CA
item FUGGER, R - OKANAGAN/PENTICTON,BC,CA
item ARTHUR, S - OKANAGAN/PENTICTON,BC,CA
item WOOD, S - OKANAGAN/PENTICTON,BC,CA
item Carpenter, James

Submitted to: Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests: From Research to Field Implementation
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/28/2006
Publication Date: 10/30/2007
Citation: Bloem, S., Carpenter, J., McCluskey, A., Fugger, R., Arthur, S., Wood, S. 2007. Suppression of the codling moth Cydia pomonella in British Columbia, Canada using an area-wide integrated approach with an SIT component. In: Vreysen, M.J.B., Robinson, A.S., Hendrichs, J., editors. Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests from Research to Field Implementation. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. p. 591-601.

Interpretive Summary: Since 1994, the codling moth, Cydia pomonella, has been the subject of an area-wide suppression program in the pome fruit producing areas of south central British Columbia using the sterile insect technique. The programme was initially implemented with eradication as its ultimate goal but at the end of the 1998 growing season the objective of the program became area-wide suppression. The present article summarizes the progress of the codling moth program since the shift from an eradiacation to a suppression objective was made, discusses new research that could benefit this and future area-wide programs for codling moth, and presents some ideas on the long-term sustainability of the program.

Technical Abstract: Since 1994, the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), has been the subject of an area-wide suppression programme in the pome fruit producing areas of south central British Columbia using SIT. The programme was initially implemented with eradication as its ultimate goal but at the end of the 1998 growing season the objective of the programme became area-wide suppression. The present article summarizes the progress of the codling moth programme since the shift from an eradiacation to a suppression objective was made, discusses new research that could benefit this and future area-wide programmes for codling moth, and presents some thoughts to consider when the long-term sustainability of the programme is considered.