Grape Pest Survey - 4th Week of September
This article is our last post for this grape season. Harvest is complete at all of our locations. We …
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Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of September
Our only remaining active locations is our muscadine site in Rowan County. Again, grape berry moth were caught at the …
Grape Pest Survey - 2nd Week of September
As harvest continues and we get close to the end of the season, we are finishing the insect scouting …
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - September 17, 2019
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the brown marmorated stink bug remains a threat to late …
Grape Pest Survey - 1st Week of September
Harvest keeps going in a full swing, and about half of our locations are completely harvested with the rest …
Grape Pest Survey- 4th Week of August
Two of our locations have completed harvest, and we have concluded our monitoring efforts. We will continue to visit …
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - September 10, 2019
Brown marmorated stink bug remains the only insect of concern on apples at this time. However, populations continue to …
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WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - August 27, 2019
Little has changed during the past week, with brown marmorated stink bug and apple maggot being pests of concern. …
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - August 20, 2019
This week’s insects of concern are brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) and apple maggot. Codling moth and OFM populations …
Grape Pest Survey - 2nd Week of August
Our first vinifera location, in Rowan Co., began harvest this past week, and as the fruit were gone, we …
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - August 13, 2019
Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) continues to be the insect that poses the greatest threat to damage of apples. …
Grape Pest Survey- 1st Week of August
At our monitoring sites, grapes are ripe, and the first harvest at the Johnston Co. location started this week. …
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - August 6, 2019
Key insects of concern this week including brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) and apple maggot. While we are observing …
Grape Pest Survey- 5th Week of July
Glassy winged sharpshooter captures are very low or zero in locations with previous captures. This suggests we are between …
Grape Pest Survey- 4th Week of July
As we reach the end of July, more fields started to ripen for both muscadines and vinifera grapes, and …
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - July 30, 2019
At this time the two major insect pests of concern are the brown marmorated stink bug and the apple …
Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of July
Grapes are starting to ripen, including those at our location in Currituck Co. This week we continue to catch grape berry …
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - July 23, 2019
Overall, insect pressure is fairly low throughout the region. Codling moth and oriental fruit moth populations are very low, …
Grape Pest Survey - 2nd Week of July
The grapes at our monitoring sites continue to grow and are getting close to full size. This week, we caught …
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