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Control of pear gall midge

Published: 2024-11-24 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/24, Pear gall midge, also known as flower bud maggot, belongs to the family Diptera. The adult lays eggs in the bud. After the eggs hatch, the larvae (maggots) drill into the buds to eat stamens, the damaged buds can not open normally, wither and fall off. In recent years, the damage of pear gall mosquitoes in our county tends to be serious. In 2006, the average damage rate of single flower was 3.25%, and that of serious pear orchards was 27.64%. In 2007, the average damage rate of single flower was 9.25%, and that of serious pear orchards was 45.7%, which has seriously affected the fruit rate of pear trees. According to this site, March 9-

Pear flower gall midge, also known as bud maggot, belongs to diptera gall midge family. The adult lays eggs in the flower bud. After the eggs hatch, the larvae (maggot) drill into the flower bud to eat the stamen. The injured flower bud cannot open normally and falls off after withering. In recent years, the damage of pear gall in our county tends to be serious. The average damage rate of single flower in 2006 is 3.25%, and the serious pear orchard is 27.64%. The average damage rate of single flower in 2007 is 9.25%, and the serious pear orchard is 45.7%, which has seriously affected the fruiting rate of pear trees.

According to the observation of pear garden on March 9-10 of this station, combined with the current weather forecast, it is expected that pear trees will enter the white stage of flower buds on March 14 - 17. According to the practice of control experiment in recent years, it is suitable to control this insect at the white stage of pear bud, and the control method is to spray 80% dichlorvos 500 times solution or 90% crystal trichlorfon 500 times solution evenly on the tree crown and ground.

 
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