Spotted Wing Drosophila Webinar Scheduled for January 25th - Register Now!
Members of the Sustainable SWD Project will present a webinar online on January 25th at 12-1 p.m. eastern time, highlighting …
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Does Strawberry Clipper Reduce Strawberry Yield?
During 2016, our laboratory completed a three year project tracking the occurrence and impact of strawberry clipper weevil in annual, …
What Foliar Insecticides Are Recommended for Tobacco in 2017?
The insecticide toolbox in tobacco has changed significantly during the past year. As many growers and extension personnel are …
Tobacco Production Guides Online
Production guides for 2017 are now available online! These include the NC Flue Cured Tobacco Information Guide and the multi …
Studying Strawberry Pollination
Our laboratory is excited to begin a new project aimed at answering several questions about pollination ecology in strawberries.These questions …
What to Watch For: Caterpillars in Berries
The season’s first question about caterpillars in blueberries has arrived, so growers and homeowners should be on the look …
NCDA&CS Offers Organic Certification Cost-Share Assistance
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) is offering organic growers the opportunity to …
Corn Earworm Abundant Early in Tobacco
Our laboratory is beginning a project to determine the baseline susceptibility of tobacco-feeding tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens) populations throughout …
Video Guide to Tobacco Insect Scouting
Graduate student Jeremy Slone is an expert in tobacco insect scouting methods, having recently defended his masters thesis, “Overcoming …
Preventing and Managing Spotted Wing Drosophila Infestation
Our recent mild winter raised concerns about the potential for early season spotted wing drosophila (SWD) damage to berries, …
Organic Tobacco Flea Beetle Management
In addition to questions about organic aphid management in tobacco, I have also received several questions about organic flea …
Arthropod Management Tests - an Open Access Source for Insecticide Efficacy Data
A recent change to the publishing model for journals produced by the Entomological Society of America has the potential …