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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 at our locations. At this time, only one of the Southwest locations in Rowan Co. will continue to…

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 generations. This also appears to be the case for another Pierce's Disease…

Vineyard trellis with green grape clusters hanging from leafy vines

Grape Pest Survey - 1st Week of July

Presence of pests in our scouted vineyards remain very similar than last week.As in the past report, grape berry moth is present at only one location, in Wilkes Co.The leaf hopper,Graphocephala…

small brown and reddish insect resting on a green leaf

Grape Pest Survey- 2nd Week of June

We are starting to catch the glassy winged sharpshooter, a vector of Pierce's diseases(PD) in one of our northeast fields. Also, another vector of PD, the leaf hopper Graphocephala versuta is…

Grape Pest Survey - 1st Week of June

As the summer approaches, the three-cornered alfalfa hopper, Spissistilus festinus, captures are picking up in both sticky traps and sweep net samples, but overall numbers still remain low. We are…