Apple maggot infestations seem to be on the increase in Michigan, so growers should have a summertime control program ready this year, reported Michigan State University entomologist Dr. Larry Gut at the December Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO. Numbers do appear to be on the rise, agreed Mike Haas, Michigan State University research assistant at the Trevor Nichols Research Center in southwestern Lower Michigan. “We have some evidence that they are becoming more prevalent, and that is primarily from adult catches on baited spheres,” he said. He has not yet completed a comparative analysis to provide a […]