In general, the quantity of seeds in a fruit determines its size and quality.
Biobest N.V. produces bumblebee hives for fruit production.
Contrary to honeybees which work well only when weather is warm and sunny, bumblebees also perform when it is cold and rainy.
Coddling moths can cause serious losses in apple and pear cultures by infecting fruitlets which results in premature losses or storage problems.
Plastic Delta trap for monitoring different kinds of moths in fruit culture, cultivation of vegetables in open field and ornamental plant cultivation. Moth species include:
- Cydia pomonella (Codling moth)
- Adoxophyes orana (Summer fruit tortrix moth)
- Synanthedon myopaeformis (Small red-belted clearwing)
- Operophthera brumata
- Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Carnation tortrix moth)
- Clepsis spectrana (Cyclamen moth)
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Granupom is a selective biological insecticide, based on the Cydia pomonella (Codling moth) granulosis virus, for the control of Codling moth in fruit production.
Treatment has to be applied in relation with duration and intensity of moth flights, which can be determined by using pheromone traps.
In general, a treatment with 500 ml/ha is sufficient.
For the first treatment, you can use a dose of 300 ml/ha, and the remaining quantity (200 ml) can be used for 2 or 3 additional sprays at 1-week intervals.
* Granupom is only allowed in Belgium.