Okanagan-Kootenay STERILE INSECT RELEASE PROGRAM A Successful Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management (IPM)Program 20 Years of Codling Moth Control July 2013 Contact: Cara Nelson, General Manager Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Program Kelowna, BC CANADA www.oksir.org
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Okanagan-Kootenay
STERILE INSECT RELEASE PROGRAM
A Successful Area-Wide Integrated Pest
Management (IPM)Program
20 Years of Codling Moth Control
July 2013
Contact: Cara Nelson, General Manager Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Program
Annual Total Kg or L of Codling Moth Control Products Sold/Acre in the OKSIR Program Area, 1991-2011
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Data supplied by the BC Ministry of Environment from annual vendor license renewals. Compiled by Hugh Philip, Pag, OKSIR Consulting IPM Specialist - May 2013
MEASURING SUCCESS
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Zone 1
Zone 2 & 3
Estimated Average Number of Sprays Applied/Orchard/Year in OKSIR Program Area Based on Annual Sales of
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(Data supplied by the BC Ministry of Environment from annual vendor license renewals)
MEASURING SUCCESS
SUCCESS FACTORS
Strong Organization
• Consistency in delivery of services for area-
wide management
Application of mandatory control
Authority to access all properties
Surveillance system
Authority to enforce control
SUCCESS FACTORS
Co-operation • Collaborative education activities with industry
to promote codling moth best management
practices
• Collaborative research and technical advice to
improve program services
Commitment • Growers and industry organizations support
• Ongoing local government and citizen support
• Dedicated and committed Program staff
• Philosophical differences among growers
• Maintaining adequate funding levels
local government support
decreasing pomme fruit hectares
• Increasing value to stakeholders(clients)
• Threat of new pests (e.g. apple maggot,
brown marmorated stink bug)
CHALLENGES
• More cost effective control methods
• Addition of other pests
• Recognition as Area of Low Pest Prevalence
• Other funding sources
OPPORTUNITIES
• Establishment of an effective structure for
delivery of area-wide pest management
• Suppression of codling moth to sub-economic
levels = reduced reliance on pesticides
• Improved opportunities for biological control
• Dedicated enforcement for growers
• Documentation of pest prevalence
• Improved earlier detection and response to new
invasive alien species
SUMMARY
A Successful Area-Wide IPM Program
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Program Kelowna, BC, CANADA