Rhode Island Apple IPM

1999- Current Pest Report - Tarnished Plant Bug

Tree stage:
4/6/99 - green tip
4/8/99 - half inch green
4/14/99 - half inch green plus 1-2 leaves folded back
4/16/99 - nearly tight cluster
4/21/99 - tight cluster
4/26/99 - loose cluster
5/1/99 - pink
5/5/99 - early bloom



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 4/12/99 4/19/99 4/26/99 5/3/99
Barden 0/trap .2/trap .2/trap
Knight .2/trap .2/trap .4/trap
Phillips .2/trap .6/trap .6/trap 1/trap
Smith .5/trap 1.5/trap 2.3/trap 3/trap
Phantom 0/trap 0/trap 0/trap 0/trap