In the early 20th century, orchardists in the Yakima Valley and other parts of the state were dealing with a menace. Apple orchards were plagued by codling moths, and for nearly a half century, fruit ...

If you have fruit trees, now’s the time to be on the lookout for codling moths. This is the time of year — mid-March to early April — when the adult codling moth, a little grayish-brown lepidopteran, ...

What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Answer: Finding half a worm. Modern pesticides and strict inspection policies have made finding a codling moth larva, or worm, in an apple from a ...

In the backyard, we have several fruit trees. One of them is a Granny Smith apple tree. My problem is that the tree is infected with some sort of disease. I’ve tried different pesticides but they ...

Moths are among the most feared invasive insect pest species. They are the major damaging pests of annual and perennial fibre and food crops, forest products and stored food commodities throughout the ...

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HAMILTON – Using weather data collected at the Western Agriculture Research Center and codling moth captures around the valley, local agronomists have bumped up the date to spray against codling moths ...

“Don’t let the worms spoil your apple,” warns the Wormy Apples children’s board game. The game is won by pulling all of the pesky worm pieces out of the plastic apple. If “worms” have been spoiling ...

Q. I’m a retired college professor. I garden organically with only moderate success. Most of the apples on my prolific tree have worm holes. Is there an organic strategy that would help? I cut around ...

In the late 1990s, scientists from the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture were working in south Africa on a programme to help table grape exporters apply the sterile ...

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