Ontario growers get early season boost in oriental fruit moth battle

摘要

Hopefully, Lorsban will kill off any resistant strain of the moth that caused an estimated 11-million dollar in potential crop loss over a three-year period ending in 1994 The pesticide Lorsban was approved by Health Canada in mid-May for one-time use against the season's first generation of oriental fruit moth larvae, but it almost didn't get on peach and pear trees in Niagara and southwestern Ontario in time to be effective.