Apple insecticide choices

September 2021 | Presented by Stephen Tancred | Future Orchards® Orchard Walk slides

Insecticide choice is most effective when it is based on the pest present, its life stage, monitoring results and the place of the treatment within an integrated pest management program. Stephen Tancred’s Future Orchards® slides provide a practical overview of insecticide options used in apple orchards and the factors that should guide selection.

The material encourages growers to consider mode of action, treatment timing, target coverage, residual activity and resistance risk rather than relying repeatedly on the same chemistry. The impact of a treatment on beneficial insects and mites is also relevant where biological control contributes to pest suppression.

Because registrations and labels change, the presentation should be read as technical guidance for program design rather than a substitute for current label directions. It is a useful reference for building targeted pest-control programs that aim to protect fruit quality without undermining longer-term IPM outcomes.

For library users, this resource is most useful as a record of the technical thinking and field evidence available at the time. Product registrations, resistance advice and regional pest pressure can change, so any present-day control decision should be checked against current labels and local recommendations while retaining the monitoring and decision-making principles described here.