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Plant-Insect Ecosystems

10-Minute Paper

P-IE: IPM - General

CropCoatTM: A novel sprayable film technology that provides consistent protection of apples from codling moth and other economically important arthropod pests

Tuesday, November 2, 2021
1:54 PM – 2:06 PM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 301-303
In-Person

    Presenting Author(s)

  • EF

    Eric A. Flora

    Global Field Trial Mgr.
    Crop Enhancement, Inc.
    San Jose, California

    • Co-Author(s)

  • NT

    Nastaran Tofangsazi

    Staff Scientist
    Crop Enhancement, Inc.
    San Jose, California

  • DH

    Damian Hajduk

    Crop Enhancement, Inc.
    San Jose, California

Biodegradable films represent an attractive alternative to conventional pesticide chemistries and offer new modes of action for resistance management.  One such product, CropCoat®, forms a durable, biodegradable film that camouflages plants from insects.  This reduces pest feeding and reproduction, leading to significant constraint and decline of pest populations.  Field trials conducted over the past two years in primary apple production areas across the northern US and southern EU show good control of codling moth and other arthropod pests, comparable to that achieved with conventional products, without causing any flaring responses in secondary pests such as mites and aphids.