One-two punch for the woolly apple aphid! From: Agricultural Research | Date: March 1, 1992| Author: Stanley, Doris | COPYRIGHT 1992 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mark W. Brown, an entomologist with the Agricultural Research Service, has found that the application of soil nematodes and a new aphicide can help control woolly apple aphid infestation in apple tree roots. Traditional methods of aphid control are only effective above the ground. Brown applied parasitic soil nematodes and the aphicide RH-7988 to the soil around infested trees during field studies at the Appalachian Fruit Research Station in West Virginia. Both methods were significantly effe...