In 2021, the PDDC continues with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity due to COVID-19.  Click here for the PDDC’s current submission policy.  The […]

There is growing interest in new chemistries that are reduced risk or certified organic in fruit crop production in Wisconsin. Several newly registered products are […]

Phenology This week at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Verona, WI, all cultivars have berries that are still hard and green, E-L* […]

In 2021, the PDDC continues with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity due to COVID-19.  Click here for the PDDC’s current submission policy.  The […]

Symptoms of grape diseases have shown up in the vineyards at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS). Due to the recent drought conditions, disease […]

Marquette grapes at the station are at about 10% flowering. Zestar, McIntosh, and Cortland apples are all at or past 20mm fruitlets.

Japanese beetles (Fig. 1) have now been observed last weekend around Dane county, but not yet at any of the vineyards we are monitoring for […]

Phenology This week at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Verona, WI, cultivars are at various stages of setting and developing berries, ranging […]

The climate of the upper Midwest is variable and at times, extreme. Fruit growers find themselves managing the effects of excess rainfall one season and […]

I received last week some pictures of these very interesting larvae within their casing made of grass blades and twigs (Figs. 1 and 2). The […]