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Survey: Natural Enemy Releases for Apples and Pears
Please respond to the following survey, which is designed to determine what current grower practices are regarding releasing beneficial insects for pest control in orchards…
Recursos para el manejo de la Enfermedad de la Cereza Pequeña (LCD)
Multiple resources are available for scouting and sampling of X-disease and Little Cherry disease during the 2021 season.
IPM for spotted wing drosophila (SWD)
There is renewed interest nationwide in improving IPM for spotted wing drosophila (SWD). This pest has been present in the continental US for over a…
Codling Moth Management Practices Survey Initial Results
Initial results from Codling Moth Task force industry survey show that 64% of respondents believe their codling moth damage has remained the same or decreased…
Opportunity Extension Coordinator Decision Aid
WSU-DAS (Decision Aid Systems) has opened a search for an outreach / Extension professional to provide outreach to the tree fruit, vegetable, potato, and vegetable…
Resources for Little Cherry & X-disease Scouting and Sampling 2022
Multiple resources are available for scouting and sampling of X-disease and Little Cherry disease during the 2022 season.
Update: Leafhopper Vectors for X-disease phytoplasma: First Generation Adults are Starting to be Active
First generation adults from leafhopper vectors of X-disease phytoplasma including C. reductus and C. geminatus started being found in traps the week of May 10,…
Are you interested in Blue Orchard Bees?
To help us gauge the current interest of Blue Orchard Bees in fruit and nut crops, we have prepared a survey. If you have not…
Gibberellic acid doesn’t need to be applied at high volume to be effective
Most cherry growers worldwide agree that an application of gibberellic acid (typically in the form of GA3) is beneficial for fruit quality on several levels…
Evaluations of Conventional and Organic Insecticides Against Leafhoppers: First Year Results
Written by Louis Nottingham, May 2021 Introduction: Prior to this project, there was no available experimental information on insecticide toxicity against X-disease vectors Colladonus Reductus…
