Arsenic and fruit juice
Patricia Faison by Richard Lehnert The fruit juice industry is keeping quiet these days, not relishing a public
Pesticide residues on apples studied
Visible residues of treated fruit showing control, left, Raynox, center, and Exlipse, right.courtesy Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission
Good Stuff
Closer receives registration Dow AgroSciences has received federal registration of its sulfoxaflor insecticide, sold under the brand name Closer, which
Performance report
The solid-set spray system was shown in action last year at field days attended by growers. This one was
Surround might deter stinkbugs
The brown marmorated stinkbug is a challenge to control for any fruit grower, and organic growers have the fewest strategies
SWD challenges growers
Unlike the common drosophila flies, spotted wing drosophila will attack cherries before they are ripe. PHOTO BY PETER SHEARER, OSU
Your management program matters
LEFT: Above left: Adult A. mali are affected by most of the tested reduced-risk pesticides. RIGHT: The parasitic wasp Aphelinus
Choose your poison carefully
A barn owl nesting box at Omeg Orchards. Notice the metal underneath the box that’s used to prevent raccoons from
How integrated mite control works
One of the keys to integrated mite control was that the western predatory mite Typhlodromus occidentalis could effectively control spider
Calculating the value of biological control
Washington State University entomologist Dr. Stan Hoyt developed integrated mite control in the late 1960s (see “How integrated mite control