Every good vintner knows that each growing season has unique weather condition, pest pressure, and other factors that cumulatively produce a distinctive vintage. This season […]

Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) adults were found in our monitoring traps in apple orchards and in a pumpkin patch in Dane county, making this […]

The PDDC receives samples of many plant and soil samples from around the state.  The following diseases/disorders have been identified at the PDDC from May […]

The now infamous invasive pest, spotted wing drosophila (SWD), has devastated yield and marketability of raspberry crops across Wisconsin, and also has the potential to […]

The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) monitoring project is underway and, as of June 8th, we have not caught any BMSB in the pheromone traps. […]

We are at that point where it will soon be clear how effective apple growers’ early-season scab management programs were. Your program from here on […]

Grape plume moth is a sporadic pest of grapes in the Midwest, and has been seen in rather high numbers for the past couple weeks […]

All cultivars at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) have entered bloom and are beginning to reach early fruit-set; development spans from E-L* developmental […]

Summer temperatures have arrived for most of Wisconsin, with daily temperatures climbing into the 70s and 80s over the past week in most grape-producing regions […]

The maps below show degree-day accumulations for cranberry plants and Sparganothis fruitworm across Wisconsin up through June 8, 2016. Temperature thresholds used for these calculations […]