SIR Publications
- Guide to the SIR Program – This guide is an important resource for elected officials, local residents, fruit growers, and fruit industry partners. It covers Program services, governance, results and benefits, and looks to the future of the Program.
- Pesticide Resistance Management (May 2015)
- Characteristics of Codling Moth Control Products – Orchards (February 2017)
- Codling Moth Control Management In Organic Orchards (January 2015)
- Codling Moth Spray Timing & Life Cycle – 2015 (February 2015)
- Control Products Registered for Control of Codling Moth And Aphids on Apples and Pears (April 2015)
- Summary of Codling Moth Spray Thresholds, Timing and Life Cycle 2015
Videos
How to use SIR Trap Mapping application
External Publications
A Benefit-cost Analysis of the Okanagan Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Program prepared by Lee Cartier, P. Ag., Okanagan College (July 2014)
Municipal and Industry Links
Further information about SIR Program partners, the codling moth, fruit tree management, the tree fruit industry, and related topics, can be found on the following websites:
- Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen
- Regional District of Central Okanagan
- Regional District of North Okanagan
- Regional District of Columbia-Shuswap
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- BC Ministry of Agriculture
- BC Tree Fruit Cooperative
- BC Fruit Growers’ Association
- Washington State University – Orchard Pest Management – Codling Moth
- Washington State University – Alternatives to Organophosphates
- University of California – Codling Moth Management Guidelines