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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Fig. 1. If you are doing sprinkler irrigation alone, a digital thermometer can tell you when the blossoms are …
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 …
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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 19, 2016
We have now counted blackberry trap captures through August 8th. We have observed a decline in Lincoln 1 trap …
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 …
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Announcement: Central Piedmont Strawberry Pre-Plant Meeting on Aug 25, 2016 (Aug. 12, 2016, 2:10pm)
Dear Growers, Agents, Agronomists and Others, On Thursday August 25th, a regional strawberry pre-plant meeting for growers in Guilford and …
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 …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report June 22, 2016
We have now processed traps through the week of July 6th. Blackberry trap captures of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report July 15, 2016
We’ve now processed trap capture data through the end of June. Blueberry harvest has concluded at most of our …
NCDA&CS Offers Organic Certification Cost-Share Assistance
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) is offering organic growers the opportunity to …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report July 1, 2016
As the month of July has come to an end, so has the growing season for many of the …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report June 24, 2016
The research sites where we are collecting data are rich environments with many different species of insects. Pest species, including …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report June 17, 2016
Over the last couple weeks there was a substantial amount of rainfall at our blueberry research sites. While rain is …
(Final) 30 Day Ag Weather Outlook for MD - VA - TN- NC - SC (June 26, 2016)
Figure 1. Photograph of Camarosa berries on June 24th in North Augusta, SC (Gurosik’s Berry Plantation). On this particular …
30 Day Ag Weather Outlook VA - TN- NC - SC (6/21/16)
Fig. 1. What’s rarer than a blue moon? How about a strawberry moon to kick off the summer season …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report June 10, 2016
With summer, has come earlier spotted wing drosophila (SWD) pressure than in recent years. As a result of this …
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