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Pest Management
Featured stories about pest management and more in this issue.
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Decay management a season-long effort
Pathologists say rot control starts in the orchard, early.
Spotted lanternfly finding more spots
Invasive pest moving to new feeding grounds.
Tree of heaven can’t wait
Washington asks residents to control host of spotted lanternfly.
Hot thoughts on keeping grapes cool
Growers, researcher talk heat mitigation strategies.
Grower cooperative looks beyond concentrate
Tree Top details plans to keep up with shifting consumer demands.
The redder the better
Reflective fabric helps color Honeycrisp.
Defoliators have growers seeing red
In apple regions where climate conditions leave growers looking for a color boost, interest in pneumatic leaf removers is blowing up.
Big hopes for a very tiny wasp
Washington researchers hope parasitic wasp can help slow the spread of apple maggot.
Benjamin Keim, a young grower from Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Benjamin is a fifth-generation grower who graduated from Penn State University and is the past president of the State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania. He’s the son of Marie and Richard Keim.
Green light for biocontrol
SWD–killing wasp is given federal approval for release.
Nematodes vs. SWD
Soil predation could lower pest numbers.
Crush, cook, cover or compost?
Michigan State University team seeks best way to remove fruit waste as a source for spotted wing drosophila.
From entomology to engineering
Oregon State University researcher takes spotted wing drosophila control from concept to commercialization.
IPM ambitions
Researchers focus on sustainable, integrated pest management solutions for SWD.
Spotted wing drosophila resistance: ‘It’s getting worrisome’
Researchers look for ways to thwart SWD resistance.
Good to Know: Integrated research
Entomologists at the USDA laboratory in Wapato, Washington, work to advance IPM for orchards.
Northwest Horticultural Council welcomes new technical communications manager
The Northwest Horticultural Council has hired Dan Langager as its new technical communications manager. For the horticultural council, based in Yakima, Washington, Langager will work
Blueberry council launches Alexa “skill”
Alexa now knows her blueberries. In mid-January, the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council launched a “skill” for the Amazon-created smart speaker that will deliver recipes, tips
Washington Apple Education Foundation hires new executive director
Faviola Barbosa The Washington Apple Education Foundation announced in a news release the hiring of Faviola Barbosa as its new executive director. Barbosa began her
New York set to lower overtime threshold to 40 hours
On Jan. 28, New York’s Farm Laborers Wage Board decided to lower the state overtime threshold for farmworkers from 60 hours per week to 40