Hansen: Wine grapes — An IPM success story
Integrated pest management research has saved Washington’s wine grape growers millions in pesticide costs.
Differing life cycles pose challenges for controlling little cherry virus 2 vectors
In the past, mealybugs haven’t posed a significant problem for cherry growers because they don’t cause direct damage to cherries,
Stinkbug taint in wine
Researchers studying BMSB in wine have found mixed results.
The growing threat of black stem borer
Years after invading from Asia, the insect is emerging as an apple tree pest.
Stinkbug continues its spread
Northwest growers should be on the lookout for brown marmorated stinkbug
73rd Annual Cherry Institute opens on Jan. 15 in Yakima
The 73rd annual Cherry Institute begins January 15 at the Yakima Convention Center with an update on the Cherry Breeding
EPA moving to revoke tolerances for insecticide chlorpyrifos
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comments on a proposal to revoke all tolerances for the insecticide chlorpyrifos. Chlorpyrifos is
New “alien” wasp found in Washington State; could be bad news for stinkbug
A female Trissolcus japonicus parasitoid wasp emerging from parasitized Halyomorpha halys eggsat the USDA-APHIS Quarantine Facility, Corvallis, Oregon. (Courtesy
Results rise with adjuvants
Bread yeast shows potential for improving pesticide performance.
Safe product repels drosophila
Butyl anthranilate also deters egg laying by spotted wing drosophila flies.