IOBC VIII Workshop on Integrated Soft Fruit Production
October 2014
Scientific Communications | Suzukii Trap®
Robert A. Van Steenwyk, Caroline R. Wise and Janet L. Caprile University of California, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Berkeley, CA 94720, University of California Cooperative Extension, 75 Santa Barbara Rd., 2nd fl. Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Vienna, Austria Inglés
Control of Drosophila suzukii has relied on repeated applications of full cover broad-spectrum insecticides. In an effort to develop a more integrated pest management (IPM) program, studies were conducted in California during 2013 and 2014 into the use of low-volume technique using attractant bait combine with an insecticide. In 2014, studies demonstrated that low-volume (46,8L/ha) applications of the combination of spinosad with Suzukii Trap bait resulted in the significant reduction of D.suzukii infestation compared to an untreated check.