In order to evaluate alternative agricultural production methods that may reduce environmental
impacts, assessment tools are required that measure the consequences of changing …

In order to evaluate alternative agricultural production methods that may reduce environmental
impacts, assessment tools are required that measure the consequences of changing …

The incursion of the native Australian painted apple moth Teia anartoides Walker into
Glendene, West Auckland in May 1999, prompted an area-wide eradication programme by the …

Earwigs are significant generalist predators of a range of orchard pests, but quantitative
assessment of earwig density and beneficial impact is difficult. A sampling system was designed …

European earwigs (Forficula auricularia L) were sampled in a Canterbury apple orchard
over two growing seasons using shelter traps comprised of corrugated cardboard rolls Adult …

The comparative abundance of orchard pest leafroller larvae was determined on eight host
plants in the vicinity of pipfruit orchards. The greatest numbers occurred in Canterbury, …

In January 2006 a grower reported failure to control whitefly on greenhouse capsicums in
Karaka South Auckland despite high release rates of the biological control agent Encarsia …

The effects of substerilizing doses of gamma radiation on the longevity and level of inherited
sterility in the Australian moth Teia anartoides Walker were determined. Six day-old male …

Synthetic female sex pheromone was used to monitor the phenology of male Ascogaster
quadridentata Wesmael, an egg-larval parasitoid of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), in …

Currant clearwing Synanthedon tipuliformis (Sesiidae) has been a pioneering and successful
target of mating disruption in New Zealand, with virtually universal black currant industry …