E. postvittana is a small, bell-shaped moth, whose caterpillars feed on a very wide range of plants. The eggs, larvae and pupae can be associated with plant material and readily transported. The pest status of this insect in horticultural crops is very significant. It is native to Australia and was ...

The plum curculio, C. nenuphar, is native to North America and restricted to east of the Rocky Mountains. Although it feeds on several wild host plants and several species of cultivated pome and stone fruit, C. nenuphar has not extended its geographical range over the years. Given its life-cycle...

Introduction: Apple tree is one of the widely grown fruit crops in Iran. Apple is not only consumed as fresh fruit in Iran but also it is one of the most important export products in country. Iran has a good ranking among the first world ten apple producing countries and it annual production is...

Leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina (L.) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) is considered one of the most dangerous and destructive wood boring pests that attack several varieties of the horticultural fruit trees mainly the apple trees, Malus domestica B. (Rosales: Rosacease). In Egypt, this borer causes severe crop ...

In the course of the work, a study was conducted of urban forests in the territory of the Sovetskiy district of the city of Novosibirsk. There are 24 alien species of woody plants that are found in the forest areas of the residential zone and in the adjacent territories naturally. A significant...

Apple is one of the most important fruit crops of Himachal Pradesh and the economy of the state primarily depends upon this remunerative crop. Alternaria alternata f.sp. mali causes huge loss by infecting leaves and fruits. It infects mainly leaves (upto 50 to 60%) but sometimes fruits may also get ...

A study on "assessment of farmers' knowledge and awareness regarding pest control technologies in the apple growing belts of Kashmir valley" was carried out in the three zones of the Kashmir valley during 2017-18. Apple being main horticultural crop has predominant position in area, production and...

For most fruit types, including apples, bruising is the most common type of postharvest mechanical injury. Bruise susceptibility was investigated in 3 commercial cultivars ('JazzTM', 'Granny Smith' and 'Fuji') and among a range of 4 different fruit sizes (commercial counts of 135, 120, 100, and 88) ...

In order to study the impact of nutrients, secondary metabolites of Xinjiang Wild Apple (Malus sieversii (Lebed.) Roem) on the threat of Agrilus mali Mats., this study took individual wild apple trees with various degrees of pest resistance as experiment material to find the relationship between...

This research has been investigated 20 °C 6 hour 1µL/L 1-MCP treatment whole apples stored 0, 2, 4 and 6 month for slicing. After Ascorbic acid, Calcium Lactate, Ascorbic Acid+Calcium lactate the solution was treatmented fresh cut slices. 10 slices on each plate and sliced into three repeats...