A second application of late spring oil is applied.
A border-row application is used in lieu of one or more whole-orchard sprays against plum curculio (border sprays generally follow a cover spray).
Biological control by naturally occurring predators is used for control of aphids.
Resistance management is considered when making insecticide applications following all label resistance management guidelines and rotation of insecticides.
Summer oil is used in part as a substitute for other miticides used to suppress mites in early season.
Biological control by naturally occurring predators is used for control of mites; no miticide is applied.
Synthetic pyrethroids are not applied as they are likely to induce outbreaks of mites and woolly aphids.
A border-row spray is used in lieu of one or more whole-orchard sprays against apple maggot.
Orchard is surrounded by odor-baited red sphere traps at a rate of 1 trap per feet in lieu of pesticide application against apple maggot.
All abandoned apple trees within 300 feet of the orchard border are removed to prevent codling moth immigration.
Efforts are made to establish the mite predator, T. pyri.
Bases of trees on dwarfing rootstocks are kept clean (free of weeds, debris, etc.) to reduce dogwood borer infestation.