This oil schedule has provided excellent egg laying suppression. Pear psylla females do not like to lay eggs on oily surfaces. The oil spray at budburst should be combined with an adulticide to kill the adults. The mode of action of pyriproxyfen is different from that of ordinary neuro-toxic insecticides. Two applications of Esteem are allowed per season.
Mite management remains to be a common concern to apple growers across Pennsylvania.
The choice of effective summer miticides is still limited, so it is very important to provide good mite's control early in the season. With the assortment of available early season miticides it is up to the grower to decide which miticide will be used this spring. In some orchards the dormant oil applications may also be a very good option in reducing mite population. Apollo and Savey applied before bloom can offer excellent European red mite control through early-July and sometimes beyond. The chemistry of these two products is different but the mode of action is similar.