Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Spotted Wing Drosophila Over the past couple of weeks, we have started to find spotted wing drosophila adults in traps placed in 6 locations throughout the state. The following new publications were recently developed… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Our Section 18 request for the use of dinotefuran (Trade Names: Venom from Valent U.S.A. Corporation; Scorpion from Gowan Company, LLC) to control BMSB on stone and pome fruits has been approved by EPA.… 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 Please refer to the most recent update from Tracy Leskey, USDA-ARS regarding BMSB activity in tree fruit at: https://sites.udel.edu/weeklycropupdate/files/2011/08/BMSB-Tree-Fruit-Update-8-8-11-2.pdf. The photo above, courtesy of Gordon Johnson, is of BMSB damage to peach fruit.
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Brown marmorated stink bug populations were a big concern early this spring (and also all of last year) as their numbers were found to be pretty high in and around fruit… Continue Reading
