This week will mark the 10th week since planting of our organic, Day-Neutral strawberry field trial at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS). Our […]

The Japanese beetle (JB; Figure 1), an invasive insect pest that can cause economic damage to several fruit crops, started showing up in large numbers […]

This year we started an exciting new project to evaluate several seedless table grape cultivars and some new selection from the UMN cold climate grape […]

There are two recommended timing for petiole sampling, at bloom, or now during veraison. Here are some brief recommendations to collect the sample: Divide the […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has been high over the last two weeks.  A summary of recent fruit crop insects reported to […]

In 2022, the PDDC continues to provide diagnoses through examination of digital photographs, as well as physical samples.  Click here for the PDDC’s current submission […]

As cranberry beds enter early fruit set, this is an important period to scout for virus-infected fruits. While research demonstrates that infected uprights do recover […]

Hello everybody! We’re getting ready to say goodbye to our bees for the year. It’s hard to have a crop without them! We are mostly […]

Hello everyone I hope you all had a wonderful and safe Fourth of July! Boy have things moved along fast since last time we chatted! […]

Blossom is gone, bees are leaving soon, and fruit is setting fast. Now we need to keep these warm days and nights and hope we […]