Since the last scouting report for our day-neutral organic strawberry project at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS), more and more ripe fruits are […]

Since our last scouting report for our day-neutral organic strawberry project at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS), more and more ripe fruits are […]

Thrips continue to be present in the day-neutral organic strawberry planting at the West Madison Agricultural Station, with numbers that have been pretty stable in […]

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 […]

A new research project conducted by graduate student Jarret Miles-Kroening is looking at growing day-neutral organic strawberries in the Midwest. A major limitation growers face […]

The first spotted-wing drosophila (SWD; Fig 1) was collected June 17th in one of our monitoring trap serviced by Hanna McIntosh for our raspberry mulch […]

The first Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) were found as part of our research at a vineyard near Dane county. Emergence has just begun […]

Cranberry growers are always interested in diversifying their pest management strategies to reduce inputs, increase sustainability, and improve environmental stewardship of the land. One Integrated […]

Mating disruption (MD): pheromone-based tool where dispensers of artificial sex pheromones from (usually) females are placed in orchard and reduces the probability of males finding […]

Potato leafhopper (PLH; Empoasca fabae) is a small insect that is easily overlooked until the damage called “hopperburn” starts showing up on plant leaves. Potato […]