Multiple tactics used AGAINST PEST: Mating disruption, parasitic nematodes, pesticides, and mass trapping are all being tested against the apple clearwing moth

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Scientific literature from around the world suggests that clearwing moths are easily controlled with mating disruption, and that seemed like a good tactic for organic growers who don't have many options, said Dr. Gary Judd, entomologist with the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre at Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. A major component of the apple clearwing moth pheromone was believed to be the same as that of the peach tree borer, so, in 2006, growers in British Columbia began using Isomate-P dispensers, which are available commercially for control of peach tree borer, in an attempt to control the new pest.