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  • March 1st 2012 Issue
  • Story by Geraldine Warner
  • New pest keeps industry guessing

    Spotted wing drosophila is a late-season threat.

    A female spotted wing drosophila is about to enter a Contech apple cider vinegar trap. WSU scientists will be trapping for the pest during the coming season and will send out e-mail alerts. ELIZABETH BEERS, WSU Will spotted wing drosophila became a threat to cherry production in Washington State, or will harvest be over in many orchards before the insect becomes active? Dr. Betsy Beers, entomologist at Washington State University, who has been heading a trapping program in cherries in central Washington, said experience with spotted wing drosophila in 2011 was very different from 2010, the first year it was […]

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