Scientists are testing a sweet idea that might help organic cherry growers manage insects, birds, and diseases all in one go. Organic growers have been successfully using the GF-120 protein bait to control the key pest, cherry fruit fly, but it does not provide sufficient control of the spotted wing drosophila, which has recently become a pest in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Alan Knight, entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Yakima, Washington, said a number of conventional pesticides are available that will control spotted wing drosophila, but the only other product that organic growers can use is the […]