APPLE
ONTARIO PEST TIMING CALENDAR
Dow AgroSciences offers an outstanding lineup of customer-focused products for apple growers. These
products fit well into an Integrated Pest Management program and are valuable tools to ensure products
remain effective for years to come.
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Long-lasting control, unique mode of action.
(Group 5)
Delegate is a Group 5 apple insecticide, making it
an excellent choice for your IPM program. It controls
a broad-spectrum of insects in apples two ways –
by contact and ingestion – for quick knockdown and
residual activity.
PRE-HARVEST
INTERVALS IN APPLES
Closer 7 Days
™
Delegate 7 Days
™
Entrust 7 Days
GF-120 0 Days
Intrepid 14 Days
™
™
Extended control, soft on beneficials.
(Group 18)
Intrepid offers a novel mode of action with ovicidal
and larvicidal activity. It is a Molt Accelerating
Compound and is safe on beneficials including bees,
predatory mites, beetles, wasps and spiders when
used according to label directions.
Super fast knockdown.
(Group 4C)
Closer provides very fast action on important
sap-feeding pests including aphids and scale.
It is effective on insect populations resistant
to other insecticide classes.
™
Success 7 Days
™
TwinGuard 7 Days
™
Dithane Rainshield 45 Days
Nova 14 Days
™
TM
Ontario Apple Pest Timing Calendar
Insect
Control options
for this pest
Aphid – Rosy
apple, Spirea,
Green apple
Closer Group 4C
TwinGuard Groups 5 and 4C
Apple maggot
Delegate Group 5
GF-120 Group 5
TwinGuard Groups 5 and 4C
Codling moth
Delegate Group 5
Intrepid Group 18
Entrust Group 5
TwinGuard Groups 5 and 4C
Dogwood borer
Delegate
Group 5
European sawfly
Delegate
Group 5
Eye-spotted and
Apple clearwing
moth
Delegate Group 5
Success Group 5
Entrust Group 5
Leafroller –
European
and Fruittree
Delegate Group 5
Success Group 5
Entrust Group 5
Oblique-banded
and Three-lined
leafroller
Delegate Group 5
Intrepid Group 18
Success Group 5
Entrust Group 5
TwinGuard Groups 5 and 4C
Bloom
Dormant
Green Tip
Half Inch
Green
Tight
Cluster
Pink
Do not spray
insecticides while
pollinators are active.
Dormant
Green Tip
Half Inch
Green
Tight
cluster
Pink
Bloom
Petal Fall
(Calyx)
May
June
July
August
Petal Fall
(Calyx)
May
June
July
August
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*
*
**
Delegate
Group 5
Group 18
TwinGuard Groups 5 and 4C
Oriental fruit moth Intrepid
Plum curculio
Delegate Group 5
TwinGuard Groups 5 and 4C
San Jose scale
Closer Group 4C
TwinGuard Groups 5 and 4C
Tentiform
leafminer
Delegate Group 5
Intrepid Group 18
TwinGuard Groups 5 and 4C
Winter moth
Intrepid
Woolly apple
aphid
Closer Group 4C
TwinGuard Groups 5 and 4C
Diseases
*
*
*
Group 18
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Control options for
this pest
Apple scab
Dithane Rainshield
Nova Group 3
Group M
Cedar apple and
Quince rust
Dithane Rainshield
Nova Group 3
Group M
Powdery mildew
Nova
Group 3
This chart is intended for reference only and not intended to provide information for application. Always read and follow label directions.
Chart shows possible pest timing, not spray timing.
*Suppression **Apple clearwing moth suppression
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