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Microbial Control of Lepidopteran Pests of Apple Orchards

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A broad diversity of lepidopteran pest species inhabit apple orchards throughout the world feeding on leaves, fruit, and vascular systems of trees. The major families and important genera and species in North America are listed in Table 1. The economic damage inflicted on apple by this group is significant and affects production both by direct feeding damage on the fruit and reduction in fruit quality from indirect feeding on the tree. Species in the family Tortricidae comprise the most serious pests of apple. In nearly all the major tree fruit growing regions, there are a suite of 2 to 10 tortricid species that feed on both the foliage and the fruit of apple (Croft and Hull, 1991). Many of these species are minor pests and rarely feed on the fruit or occur only in non-commercial orchards. Other species are key pests and are targeted by pest managers with one or more insecticidal sprays (Croft and Bode, 1983).

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Lacey, L.A., Knight, A., Huber, J. (2000). Microbial Control of Lepidopteran Pests of Apple Orchards. In: Lacey, L.A., Kaya, H.K. (eds) Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1547-8_24

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