Rhode Island Apple IPM

2002 - Current Pest Report - Tarnished Plant Bug

Tree stage:

3/31/02 - green tip
4/13/02 - half inch green
4/15/02 - tight cluster
4/18/02 - pink
4/20/02 - bloom
5/6/02 - petal fall

Tarnished plant bug trap captures

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

orchard 4/15/02 4/20/02 4/25/02  
East Farm .3/ trap 1.3/ trap    
Phillips   2/ trap    
Steere   0/ trap    
Jaswell   5.8/ trap    
B. Smith   1/ trap    
Elwood     .5/ trap  

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