How can Pheromone Traps be used for monitoring codling moth population?
There are two ways in which pheromone traps have been used in monitoring codling moth: (1) counting the number of males caught per week (or cumulatively) to assess the potential of a population for causing economic injury; and (2) using the time of first continuous capture of males as a biological reference (or biofix) point for predicting time of egg hatch and therefore optimum timing of pesticide treatment.
