
Spotted-Wing Drosophila Active in North Carolina Blueberries
The first confirmed adult spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) in commercially grown blueberries for the 2019 growing season was captured early …
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The first confirmed adult spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) in commercially grown blueberries for the 2019 growing season was captured early …
NC State Strawberry Variety Trial Field Day May 3, 2019, from 9 a.m. to noon Address: N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer …
Fig. 1. If you are doing sprinkler irrigation alone, a digital thermometer can tell you when the blossoms are …
This is the final spotted wing drosophila (SWD) monitoring report for 2016. Looking back over the course of the season, we …
Our laboratory is excited to begin a new project aimed at answering several questions about pollination ecology in strawberries.These questions …
We have now counted blackberry trap captures through August 8th. We have observed a decline in Lincoln 1 trap …
We presented our final blueberry monitoring data last week, so this week, we shift to presenting blackberry trap captures …
HIGH ELEVATION WESTERN CUT-OFFS – REFLECTIONS & CONSIDERATIONS – 8/7/16
Dear Growers, Agents, Agronomists and Others, On Thursday August 25th, a regional strawberry pre-plant meeting for growers in Guilford and …
We removed our traps from harvested blueberry fields on July 13th, and we have now collected all the data and can look back …
We have now processed blueberry traps through the week of July 12 and blackberry traps through July 6. Spotted …
We have now processed traps through the week of July 6th. Blackberry trap captures of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) …
We’ve now processed trap capture data through the end of June. Blueberry harvest has concluded at most of our …
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) is offering organic growers the opportunity to …
As the month of July has come to an end, so has the growing season for many of the …
The research sites where we are collecting data are rich environments with many different species of insects. Pest species, including …
Over the last couple weeks there was a substantial amount of rainfall at our blueberry research sites. While rain is …
Figure 1. Photograph of Camarosa berries on June 24th in North Augusta, SC (Gurosik’s Berry Plantation). On this particular …
Fig. 1. What’s rarer than a blue moon? How about a strawberry moon to kick off the summer season …
With summer, has come earlier spotted wing drosophila (SWD) pressure than in recent years. As a result of this …
Beekeeping is a very enjoyable and rewarding pastime that is relatively inexpensive to get started. …
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