Light Brown Apple Moth Summer
Fruit Tortrix
Plum Fruit Moth
stone fruit commodity survey: 2012
Kentucky
has several hundreds of acres of stone fruit in production; thus, it
is an important industry and source of revenue.
The peach crop is the most important stone fruit crop in the
state. According to the
U.S. Ag Census, peach acreage in Kentucky declined during the 1990’s
from 800 acres in 1992 to 590 acres in 1997.
Numbers of acres devoted to producing peaches in the
following decade reached 584 acres in 2007 and 749 acres in 2010 so
it has become a growing industry in the state.
Apricots, sweet cherries, tart cherries, nectarines, and
plums are also produced in Kentucky although 30 acres or less were
planted with each of these crops as of the Ag Census in 2007.
With the peach industry rebounding in Kentucky, it is
necessary to safeguard this growing industry from potential pest
problems.
Several insect pests would be very damaging to the stone fruit industry in Kentucky if they became established in the state. Many insects can be surveyed using pheromone trapping. The use of these traps will allow for early detection and prevention of pest establishment in the state. In 2012, we surveyed for the following pests: Summer Fruit Tortrix (Adoxophyes orana), Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana), Plum Fruit Moth (Cydia funebrana), European Grapevine Moth (Lobesia botrana), and False Codling Moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta).
2012
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Number of Counties Surveyed: 12
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Counties Surveyed: Bourbon, Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Larue, Owen Pulaski, Scott, Trimble, Warren, Woodford
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Number of Target Moth Pests Captured: 0
Click here for a map of orchard trapping.
False Codling Moth European Grapevine Moth