It was observed that bagging reduced the insect-pest attack in relation to the unbagged fruits.
Janaína Pereira dos Santos, Anderson Fernando Wamser 2006, 'Efeito do ensacamento de frutos sobre danos causados por fatores bióticos e abióticosem pomar orgânico de macieira Fruit bagging effect on the damage caused by bioticsand abiotics factors in an organic apple orchard', Revista Brasileira de Fruticulturahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452006000200003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The control treatment consisted of unbagged fruit.
Rosângela Teixeira, Cassandro Vidal Talamini do Amarante, Mari Inês Carissimi Boff,Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro 2011, 'Controle de pragas e doenças, maturação e qualidade de maçãs 'imperial gala' submetidasao ensacamento Control of insect pests and diseases, maturity and quality of 'imperialgala' apples submitted to bagging', Revista Brasileira de Fruticulturahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452011000200009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)