IS A PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
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By Richard Earles, Guy Ames, Radhika
Balasubrahmanyam, and Holly Born,
NCAT Agriculture Specialists
October 1999
INTRODUCTION
At least two key insect pests, several...
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IS A PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
www.
attra.
ncat.
org
By Richard Earles, Guy Ames, Radhika
Balasubrahmanyam, and Holly Born,
NCAT Agriculture Specialists
October 1999
INTRODUCTION
At least two key insect pests, several serious
diseases, and high cosmetic standards for fresh
market fruit present formidable obstacles to
organic or low-spray apple production.
Moreover, recent “food scares” involving apple
juice, and subsequent regulatory actions, threaten
an important value-added component of lowspray and organic operations, which often have a
relatively high percent of juice apples.
Nevertheless, with disease-resistant cultivars and
careful management, growers can greatly
reduceand in some cases eliminatetheir
reliance on synthetic pesticides.
As this publication is written for national
distribution, it can only introduce the most
common pest and disease problems and point
toward some alternative control strategies that
have been effective.
Not all of
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