Codling moth

Improving codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) control by developing and evaluating a Bayesian flight model for Pennsylvania apple orchards

2010 State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania Research Grant

Neel Joshi (PI), Larry Hull, Ed Rajotte, Greg Krawczyk, Kusum Naithani

Summary:

Apple production in Pennsylvania currently ranks fourth nationally. However, apple crop is heavily impacted by a number of challenges, including damage caused by various internal fruit feeding pests such as the codling moth (CM) and oriental fruit moth (OFM). This project aims to model the CM flight patterns and quantify associated uncertainty in our predictions using a data-model fusion approach and will improve management of apple orchards.

Publications:

• Joshi N. K., Rajotte E. G., Naithani K. J., Krawczyk G. & Hull L. A. (2016) Population dynamics and flight phenology model of codling moth differ between commercial and abandoned apple orchard ecosystems. Frontiers in Physiology, 7:408. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00408
• Joshi N.K., Naithani K.J., Hull L.A., Rajotte E.G. & Krawczyk G. (2011) Development of a Bayesian flight model for codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) in Pennsylvania apple orchards. Pennsylvania Fruit News, 91(5): 24-30.

Presentations:

• Joshi N. K., Hull L. A., Rajotte E. G., Krawczyk G. & Naithani K. J. Codling moth flight models differ between commercial and abandoned apple orchards. The 58^th annual Entomological Society of America meeting, San Diego CA, USA. Dec. 12-15. Poster
• Joshi N. K., Hull L. A., Rajotte E. G., Krawczyk G. & Naithani K. J. Comparative studies on Codling moth flight models in commercial and abandoned apple orchard. Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Canada & British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Oct. 31-Nov. 3. Talk