The control of codling moth (Cydia pomonella L.) in apple trees

Abstract

The efficiency of insecticides with different activity mechanisms in the control of codling moth (Cydia pomonella) was examined in three-year field trials, at the locality of Bela Crkva in Serbia. In the control of this pest, chlorantraniliprole and the combination of chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin exhibited the highest level of efficiency (up to 98.8% and 97.6%, respectively). Insect growth regulators, novaluron and pyriproxifen, showed high efficiency level (up to 97.6% and 95.1%, respectively) in the control of codling moth’s first generation, but their efficiency was poor (up to 65.6% and 61.3%, respectively) in the control of the second one, the cause of which should be searched for in their activity mechanism and the pest biology. Azinphos-methyl showed the lowest efficiency in the control of both generations of codling moth (ranging from 30.8% to 61.3%).