Canada's Organic Science Cluster

Activity F.7: Control of Rosy Apple Aphid (RAA) in Organic Apple Orchards

Background & Supporting Documents

• The biology of apple aphids
• Effects of autumn kaolin and pyrethrin treatments on the spring population of Dysaphis plantaginea in apple orchards
• Life history data of the rosy apple aphid on plantain and as migrant to apple
• Rosy Apple Aphid (OMAFRA)
• Temperature effects on egg development of the rosy apple aphid and forecasting of egg hatch