Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu By now everyone should know that the newest invasive pest, the spotted wing drosophila (SWD), is here in the mid-Atlantic. It was found heavily infesting blackberries and raspberries in central Maryland… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu We finished our 2011 SWD monitoring activities in late September in a commercial vineyard and we did not detect any SWD adults in our traps. However, traps that were set out near the Milford… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu A sample of fruit flies was given to me by Bob Rouse, a horticultural consultant, from fruit farms he consults for in Central Maryland; these flies were identified by me and… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Over the last few weeks growers have given me damaged pears that at the time I said looked like brown marmorated stink bug damage. Pears on the outside had pits in… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu It should be noted that Spotted Wing Drosophila has been added to the Imidan 70 label for key crops. (http://www.cdms.net/LDat/ld7DS043.pdf).
