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This project seeks to reduce the use of chemical insecticides in orchards by controlling apple maggot populations using mass trapping. The project is part of an integrated pest management strategy to provide growers with alternatives to chemical pesticides.
From 2019 to 2020
Project duration
Fruit production
Activity areas
Pest, weed, and disease control
Service
Mass trapping leads to less reliance on insecticides in orchards.
Club agroenvironnemental de l'Estrie
Improving the RIMpro software to better predict the risk of infection during rainfall.
Researcher: Vincent Philion
Acquiring the knowledge needed to develop an attract-and-kill treatment to control current and future stinkbug populations in Québec apple orchards.
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This project aims to reduce Japanese beetle populations using localized applications that minimize environmental and health risks
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