Rhode Island Apple IPM


      1997 - Current Pest Report - Tarnished plant bug

      Tree stage:
      4/16/97 half inch green
      4/23/97 tight cluster
      4/30/97 open cluster
      5/5/97 pink
      5/8/97 king bloom



      Tarnish plant bug trap captures

      The average number of tarnished plant bug adults captured per trap in each monitored block. The averages are cummulative. Threshold = 5/trap by tight cluster or 8/trap by pink.

      orchard 4/16/97 4/23/97 4/30/97 5/5/97 5/8/97
      1 .4/trap 1.4/trap 1.7/trap 1.7/trap
      2 .4/trap .7/trap .7/trap 1.3/trap
      3 .2/trap .6/trap 1.4/trap 1.4/trap
      4 - 0/trap 4.2/trap 4.4/trap
      5 - 1.5/trap 3.8/trap 3.8/trap
      6 - 1/trap 1.2/trap 1.3/trap
      7 - 0/trap 0/trap
      8 - 0/trap 1.6/trap 2/trap
      9 - 0/trap - 2.3/trap
      10 - .3/trap .5/trap .5/trap


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