WSU fall field days focus on X disease
Washington State University entomologist Tobin Northfield shows how he uses a leaf blower, running backward and outfitted with a paint
WSU schedules field days for X disease phytoplasma vector management
Washington State University tree fruit extension announced two field days dedicated to vector management for X disease phytoplasma. The events
Larry Gut: 1954–2021
Larry Gut Longtime Michigan State University professor Lawrence “Larry” Gut died Sept. 6 in Wenatchee, Washington, where he had recently
Putting IPM to work
Wenatchee Valley pear growers implement integrated pest management strategies to help control pear psylla.
Zoning in on ozone
Researchers put pest and disease control alternatives to trial.
An alluring six-headed hydra
New England growers try grafting pest-attractive varieties onto trap trees.
Pondering a pollen pathway
Clemson studying virus transmission in peach orchards.
State traps hundreds of Japanese beetles in Yakima Valley; asks public to help by reporting and trapping
The Washington State Department of Agriculture caught hundreds of Japanese beetles on the first day of checking the recently placed beetle traps, according to a news release.
Confirmed sighting of Asian giant hornet in Snohomish County
Entomologists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the first report of an
Pest reduction with female killers and sterile males
Transgenic approaches could help control spotted wing drosophila.