Apple: Natural Enemies
Apple: Natural Enemies
Natural Enemies of Apple Insect Pests
Parasitoids
Predators
Flowering plants that attract natural enemies/repel pests
| Natural enemies | Attractant/repellent/trap plants |
| Codling moth: | |
| Parasitoids: Trichogramma embryophagum (egg),T. cacoeciaepallidum (egg) etc. | Nectar rich plants with small fl owers i.e. anise, caraway, dill, parsley, mustard, sunfl ower, buckwheat (Braconid wasp and other wasps) |
| Predators: Birds (grey tit, Parus major and Passer domesticus) | |
| San Jose scale: | |
| Parasitoids: Encarsia perniciosi and Aphytis sp (nymphal and adult) etc. | Sunfl ower family, carrot family, buckwheat |
| Predators: Coccinellid (Chilocorus infernalis, Pharoscymnus fl exibilis) etc. |
|
| Woolly apple aphid : | |
| Parasitoids: Aphelinus mali (nymphal and adult) | Attractant plants: Carrot family, sunfl ower family, buckwheat, alfalfa, cosmos (minute pirate bug and lacewing, syrphids, coccinellids) etc. |
| Predators: Coccinellids (Coccinella septempunctata, Menochilus sexmaculatus),lacewings (Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi), syrphid fl ies (Syrphus confrator, Episyrphus balteatus) etc. | |
| European red mite : | |
| Predators: Lacewings (Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi), predatory mites (Amblyseius fallacies and Zitzellia mali), Coccinellids (Stethorus punctum) etc. | • Carrot family, bishop’s weed (spider mite destroyer) • Sunfl ower family, marigold, buckwheat, spearmint (ladybird beetle) • Carrot family, sunfl ower family, buckwheat, alfalfa, shrubs (minute pirate bug) • French bean (predatory mites) Berseem clover, sub-terranean clovers (big eyed bugs) |
| Tent caterpillar : | |
| Parasitoids: Tachinid fl y etc. | |
| Indian gypsy moth : | |
| Parasitoids: Anastatuis kashmiriensis (egg),Telenomus sp (egg), Cotesia melanoscela (larval), Glyptapantelos indiensis (larval), G. fl evicoxis (larval), tachinid (Pales sp) (larval), Brachymeria intermedia (pupal), B. lasus (pupal) etc. | • Attractant plants: Carrot family, sunfl ower family, buckwheat, alfalfa, corn, shrubs (minute pirate bug and lacewing) • Nectar rich plants with small flowers i.e. anise, caraway,dill, parsley, mustard, sunfl ower, buckwheat and cowpea (Braconid wasp) |
| Blossom thrips : | |
| Predators: antlion, predatory thrips, coccinellids,anthocorids, lygaeids etc. | · French bean (predatory thrips) • Carrot family, sunfl ower family, marigold, buckwheat,spearmint (syrphid fl y, lacewing, minute pirate bug, damsel bug and ladybird beetle) |
| Apple maggot : | |
| Parasitoids: Diachasmimorpha sp, | |
IPM for Apple
To know the IPM practices for Apple, click here.
Source: NIPHM, and Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage
Last Modified : 2/12/2020
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