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  • March 1st 2011 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • Researchers tackle apple weevil

    The pest might be incidentally controlled by Guthion, which is being phased out.

    Small and black, the apple flea weevil looks a bit like its larger snout beetle relative, the plum curculio. Photo by matt grieshop, michigan state university A coalition of partners in four Midwestern states has applied for grant funding to respond to three new insect threats—spotted wing drosophila, brown marmorated stinkbug, and apple flea weevil. The collaboration involves land-grant university ­entomologists in Indiana (Dr. Rick Foster), Illinois (Dr. Rick Weinzierl), Ohio (Dr. Jim Jasinski), and in Michigan, the biggest fruit state in the region, where entomologists Drs. Larry Gut, Rufus Isaacs, Mark Whalon, Matt Grieshop, and Anne Nielsen are all […]

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    Apples, Pest Management, Insects and mites, Research, Richard Lehnert
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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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