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 …
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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, …
Caneberry Production Guide
2016 Southeast Regional Caneberry Production Guide is Now Available! In collaboration with David Lockwood at the University of Tennessee, Elena …
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 …
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 …
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) …
What to Watch For: Caterpillars in Berries
The season’s first question about caterpillars in blueberries has arrived, so growers and homeowners should be on the look …
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 …
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 …
Arthropod Management Tests - an Open Access Source for Insecticide Efficacy Data
A recent change to the publishing model for journals produced by the Entomological Society of America has the potential …
White Drupelets?
Conditions are favorable for white drupelets occurring on blackberry and raspberry fruit this week. I have already gotten calls this …
Black Raspberry Project Featured in Grower News
Researchers at NC State University are working on ways to “Build a Better Black Raspberry” click on this link …
Measuring the Impacts of Spotted Wing Drosophila in 2014 - Your Help Needed!
As spotted wing drosophila (SWD) has become established throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, it has become increasingly …