More botrytis samples needed by Clemson researcher (6/17/13)

Good morning! I received a request over the weekend from Dr. Schnabel to have more botrytis samples sent to his lab this week.  I will not be out travelling myself for the next few MORE »Posted: 6/17/13

Some growers still picking, but removing fruit has been very expensive (6/13/13)

Good afternoon (4 pm, June 13, 2013), We were showing an official temperature of 93 F at 3 pm today at Raleigh-Durham airport (RDU), but it feels more like 100 F (which is the MORE »Posted: 6/15/13

Spotted wing drosophila activity increasing at the end of strawberry season

We have been conducting research trials on spotted wing drosophila (SWD) in strawberries at the Central Crops Research Station in Clayton, NC this year, starting in April. We caught our first adult SWD flies MORE »Posted: 6/13/13

A surprising late season crop! (June 11, 2013)

Good afternoon! After even more showers yesterday (June 10), I was speaking with a grower in the Sandhills about the worth of “continuing on” with harvest operations, as his farm had had  7.2  inches MORE »Posted: 6/11/13

Instructions for Collecting and Mailing Gray Mold Samples to Clemson for Fungicide Resistance Profiling

This is a new instruction sheet for Instructions for Collecting and Mailing Gray Mold Samples to Clemson for Fungicide Resistance Profiling:  Collecting and Mailing Guidelines for Fungicide Resistance Testing_gs-2 This is what a portion MORE »Posted: 6/5/13

New mailing address for Clemson laboratory for mailing botrytis samples (June 4, 2013)

There is still time to collect a gray mold (botrytis) samples for Dr. Guido Schnabel’s laboratory at Clemson – They have a new mailing address: Guido Schnabel Clemson University 105 Collings St/217 BRC Clemson, MORE »Posted: 6/4/13

Lunch break discussion for Tuesday, June 4

Well, its now 11:48 am, and I don’t see how in the world I am going to complete this advisory in time for your lunch break today, but maybe before you head back out MORE »Posted: 6/4/13