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Loren Oki
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis

David Fujino
California Center for Urban Horticulture
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Treatment timing can be determined for many pests and diseases using Degree-days

Description

Use Degree-days or other pest/pathogen modeling systems to time preventative pesticide applications.  Degree days take into account changing temperatures on pest emergence and can help predict  pathogen outbreaks. Accepted Degree-day models exist for some pests.

LBAM:  (98)

EGVM:  (94)

BMSB:  (99)

Applicable Pests
  • Light brown apple moth (LBAM)
  • European grapevine moth (EGVM)
  • Brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB)
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