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    • New guide focuses on non-crop host plants used by spotted wing drosophila

    Spotted wing drosophila do not depend on fruit and berry growers’ crops for their food, shelter, and reproduction. They can live in non-crop host plants nearby from which they can move into orchards as commercial fruits begin to ripen. A new guide to non-crop host plants used by spotted wing drosophila (SWD) has been published by Oregon State University, compiling information from collections made in Michigan, New York, Florida, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. A three-page fact sheet titled “Noncrop Host Plants of Spotted Wing Drosophila in North America” is available as a free PDF on the Michigan State […]

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    Spotted wing drosophila do not depend on fruit and berry growers’ crops for their food, shelter, and reproduction. They can live in non-crop host plants nearby from which they can move into orchards as commercial fruits begin to ripen. A new guide to non-crop host plants used by spotted wing drosophila (SWD) has been published…

    Spotted wing drosophila do not depend on fruit and berry growers’ crops for their food, shelter, and reproduction. They can live in non-crop host plants nearby from which they can move into orchards as commercial fruits begin to ripen. A new guide to non-crop host plants used by spotted wing drosophila (SWD) has been published by Oregon State University, compiling information from collections made in Michigan, New York, Florida, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. A three-page fact sheet titled “Noncrop Host Plants of Spotted Wing Drosophila in North America” is available as a free PDF on the Michigan State […]

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