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Spring Insects in Berries: Tarnished Plant Bug and Japanese Beetle
Posted on June 12, 2020Tarnished plant bugs (TPB) have been present at all of our sites in and around Dane county strawberry fields for the last week or so […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update June 12, 2020
Posted onThe PDDC is now once again accepting physical samples for diagnosis, but due to COVID-19, only with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity. Click […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update June 11, 2020
Posted on June 11, 2020Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been high over the last two weeks. A summary of fruit crop pests submitted to the UW […]
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WiBee: The Wisconsin Wild Bee App
Posted on June 10, 2020Are you interested in learning about and collecting data on the bee community pollinating cranberry blooms on your farm? The Gratton Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison […]
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Grower Update: Flying Dollar Cranberry
Posted onHere at Flying Dollar we are getting into more and more seat time in our tractors with the boom. It does not matter if we’re […]
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“Murder Hornets” and Their Interactions With Honeybees
Posted on June 9, 2020Join Christelle Guédot and Allison Jonjak as they discuss Asian Giant Hornets, their life cycles, their impact on honeybees, and why Wisconsin isn’t at risk […]
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Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic Update June 5, 2020
Posted on June 5, 2020The PDDC is now once again accepting physical samples for diagnosis, but due to COVID-19, only with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity. Click […]
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Introducing Dr. Leslie Holland, Our Incoming Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Fruit Pathology
Posted on June 1, 2020Leslie Holland holds a PhD in Plant Pathology from the University of California, Davis, and has over six years of experience studying fungal canker pathogens […]
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Grape Scouting Report: First Grape Phylloxera Galls and Grape Plume Moth Larvae
Posted on May 29, 2020Scouting of the grapes at the West Madison Research Station (WMARS) vineyard on 5/27/20 showed the presence of a few grape phylloxera galls (Fig. 1) […]
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Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic Update May 29, 2020
Posted onThe PDDC is now once again accepting physical samples for diagnosis, but due to COVID-19, only with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity. Click […]