WNC Orchard Insect Populations - May 14, 2019
Codling Moth: We remain in the timeframe when codling moth is the key insect of concern in apples. Degree-day …
Specialty Crops
Pre-Bloom Insecticide Options
Prebloom is an important time for preventive management of several key insect and mite pests that can cause problems …
How to Protect Your Beehives From Mosquito Spraying Following a Hurricane
Keep up to date on which counties are scheduled to conduct mosquito abatement programs, who has been notified, and …
"Bee" Kind if You Spray for Mosquitoes
To follow up on David Tarpy’s post (Protective Measures of Beehives During Hurricanes), in the days and weeks following …
Protective Measures of Beehives During Hurricanes
With track of hurricane Florence poised to make a significant impact on North Carolina, there are some important considerations …
Blueberry Insect Monitoring Report, 23 June 2017
With a larger percentage of the fields being hedged each week we are seeing the spikes in SWD numbers …
Blueberry Insect Monitoring Report, 16 June 2017
The spike in SWD captures at our Pender trapping location is likely due to the fact that much of …
Blueberry Insect Monitoring Report, 9 June 2017
Trap captures of spotted wing drosophila continue to fluctuate. We often see increases in trap captures after fields have …
Blueberry Insect Monitoring Report, 2 June 2017
Despite the rainy weather last week being favorable for spotted wing drosophila, trap counts continue to drop. No cranberry fruitworm …
Blueberry Insect Monitoring Report, 19 May 2017
There were small spikes in spotted wing drosophila trap captures at Pender 1 and New Hanover 1. New Hanover …
Commonly Confused Caterpillars: Distinguishing Tobacco Budworms From Corn Earworm
Tobacco budworms (Heliothis veriscens) and corn earworms (Helicoverpa zea) are two common crop-damaging caterpillars. They both feed on a …
It's Time to Scout (And Manage) Spider Mites in Strawberries
Warm early spring weather, coupled with a mild winter, has set the stage for early pest activity in some …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Webinar Scheduled for January 25th - Register Now!
Members of the Sustainable SWD Project will present a webinar online on January 25th at 12-1 p.m. eastern time, highlighting …
Does Strawberry Clipper Reduce Strawberry Yield?
During 2016, our laboratory completed a three year project tracking the occurrence and impact of strawberry clipper weevil in annual, …
Balancing Beekeeping and Mosquito Abatement in North Carolina
Barely a day goes by when Zika virus is not in the news headlines. As of August 31st 2016, …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report August 26, 2016
This is the final spotted wing drosophila (SWD) monitoring report for 2016. Looking back over the course of the season, we …
Studying Strawberry Pollination
Our laboratory is excited to begin a new project aimed at answering several questions about pollination ecology in strawberries.These questions …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report August 12, 2016
We presented our final blueberry monitoring data last week, so this week, we shift to presenting blackberry trap captures …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report August 5, 2016
We removed our traps from harvested blueberry fields on July 13th, and we have now collected all the data and can look back …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report June 29, 2016
We have now processed blueberry traps through the week of July 12 and blackberry traps through July 6. Spotted …
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