Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
College/Unit
Not Listed
Department/Program/Center
Agricultural & Extension Education
Abstract
Bagging fruit with plastic, paper, and two-layer commercial bags was evaluated for control of insect pests and diseases in an experimental apple orchard planted with ‘Red Delicious’ trees. Results from fruit damage evaluations at harvest showed that bagging significantly reduced fruit damage from direct apple pests compared with non-bagged control plots, and generally provided similar levels of fruit protection when compared with a conventional pesticide spray program. Of the three bagging materials evaluated, plastic bags provided numerically higher levels of fruit protection from insect pests, and two-layer commercial bags provided numerically higher levels of fruit protection from fruit diseases. Fruit quality as measured by percentage Brix was higher in non-bagged control plots than all other treatment plots. Fruit quality as measured by fruit diameter was not significantly different among treatments. Plastic and two-layer commercial bags generally required less time to secure around apple fruit than paper bags. The proportion of bags that remained on fruit until harvest ranged from 0.54–0.71 (commercial bags), 0.64–0.82 (plastic bags), and 0.32–0.60 (paper bags), depending on the year.
Digital Commons Citation
Frank, Daniel L., "Evaluation of Fruit Bagging as a Pest Management Option for Direct Pests of Apple" (2018). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1292.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1292
Source Citation
Hagen, R., Verhoeve, V. I., Gillespie, J. J., & Driscoll, T. P. (2018). Conjugative Transposons and Their Cargo Genes Vary across Natural Populations ofRickettsia buchneriInfecting the TickIxodes scapularis. Genome Biology and Evolution, 10(12), 3218–3229. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy247
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