Insecticide efficacy rankings based on consensus of Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern entomologists. Authored by Tom Kuhar, Helene Doughty, Kelly McIntyre (Virginia Tech); Jim Walgenbach (NC State ...

Here's a neat trick or hack using vaseline to organically control pests like aphids or scale/mealybugs on a fruit tree. Smear vaseline around the trunk of the tree to stop ants from climbing up and ...

Fitzgerald said because he is an organic farmer, he does not have the same tools to control aphids as other farmers do. In order to keep his organic status, he cannot use many traditional insecticides ...

That is the same for insecticides that may control woolly apple aphids, they can target above-ground pests but not the roots.

Other methods of control include: Delaying drilling until the main aphid migration period is ... and weeds with herbicides Using pyrethroid insecticides The arrival of new resistant varieties.

If these pests are detected early as a result of regular and careful checks, they can almost always be controlled by mechanical (IPM) means before resorting to using a pesticide for control.