Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been high over the last two weeks.  A summary of fruit crop pests submitted to the UW […]

This webinar features quick updates and tips from experts on berry weed, insect, disease, and fertility management, followed by open Question and Answer time. Speakers […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been gradually increasing over April and May and is expected to increase with the warmer temperatures around […]

The rusty patched-bumble bee (RPBB), Bombus affinis (Fig 1), is one of the 21 bumble bee species in the Eastern/Midwestern region out of 48 bumble […]

Really? Spring is here? After the snow and the freezing temperatures this past week it is hard to believe but this is spring in Wisconsin! […]

Spring is here and so are leafrollers and leafminers. DATCP reported for the first week of May average counts of redbanded leafroller (RBLR; Figure 1) […]

As we approach harvest, make sure to double check the preharvest interval for any product you might use! Insect and Disease Control Apple Disease Pressure – […]

Throughout the past summer we have been scouting weekly at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) and the Peninsular Agricultural Research Station (PARS). Here […]

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 […]