<div dir="ltr">Thanks to everyone who completed the survey, I have forwarded these results to Dow. JC<div><br></div><div><div>*****</div><div><br></div><div><b>Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) survey results — Mass. Fruit Growers’ Association</b></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/ECKyh7B2fEmRKnbe2">https://goo.gl/forms/ECKyh7B2fEmRKnbe2</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Responses = 20</b> (app. 20%)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Have you used Lorsban (or generic equivalent, chlorpyrifos) in your orchard in the last 3 years?</b></div><div><br></div><div>YES - 19</div><div>No - 1</div><div><br></div><div><b>For what pests did you use Lorsban (check all that apply)?</b></div><div><br></div><div>Rosy apple aphid (apple) - 1</div><div>Dogwood borer (apple) - 13</div><div>Lesser peach tree borer (peach) - 4</div><div>Greater peach tree borer (peach) - 10</div><div>San Jose scale - 7</div><div>Pear psylla - 2</div><div>Mites (peach) - 0</div><div>Obliquebanded leafroller (apple) - 3</div><div><br></div><div><b>Could you live without Lorsban if it went away?</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>Absolutely not - 12</div><div>Maybe, we lived without Alar didn’t we? - 3</div><div>Yes, with Extension guidance on alternative management options - 5</div><div><br></div><div><b>Comments</b></div><div><br></div><div>We would need an effective, cost efficient/comparable alternative in order to do without it.</div><div><br></div><div>There's nothing that works like Lorsban for trunk sprays!</div><div><br></div><div>nothing would be as effective for dogwood borer</div><div><br></div><div>Prefer to not lose materials that are already strictly controlled.</div><div><br></div><div>The buying public is going to have to be satisfied with less than perfect fruit as our pesticide options are taken away.</div><div><br></div><div>I make IPM recommendations for orchard growers. We may not need to use chlorpyrifos every year, but when we do need it, there is nothing that compares with it for control of wood-infesting insects like boring insects or scale insects. Mating disruption for *some* Sesiid moths is effective, but this tactic is not available for all Sesiids nor for wood-boring beetles, which are likely to increase as less insecticide is used overall. Also, as tree fruit Extension entomology positions decline, research into 'alternative management options' will become increasingly difficult.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Jon Clements<br>aka 'Mr Honeycrisp'</div><div dir="ltr">University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension<br>UMass Cold Spring Orchard<br>393 Sabin St.<br>Belchertown, MA 01007<br>413-478-7219<br><a href="http://umassfruit.com" target="_blank">umassfruit.com</a><br></div></div></div></div>
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