At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, shoot development across most cultivars has reached E-L* stage 33 (“Berries still hard and […]

Dear Fruit Grower Community, By the time you read this, I will have retired from my 24-year career in fruit pathology at UW-Madison. As I […]

Cluster-zone leaf removal is a very effective practice to open up the canopy and increase the exposure of clusters to sunlight and airflow.  What are […]

Japanese beetles (JB; Figure 1) started to emerge about 2 weeks ago, probably about a week later than in the past couple of years. As […]

At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, shoot development across most cultivars’ buds were in E-L* stage 31 (“Berries pea-size; 7 […]

This week, the scouting at the West Madison Research Station (WMARS) vineyard occurred on 7/15/19. Grape phylloxera galls continue to be observed on most cultivars […]

Spotted wing drosophila are active- female flies were first caught last Tuesday in Southern Door and numbers have greatly increased throughout the week. They have […]

Scouting at the West Madison Research Station (WMARS) vineyard on 7/2/19 showed an increase in the number of phylloxera galls (Figure 1) observed on most […]

At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, shoot development across most cultivars’ buds were in E-L* stage 27 (“Setting; young berries […]

The caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has been high over the last two weeks.  Reports of fruit crop insect activity submitted to […]