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Sara Villani

Extension Specialist (Apple, Grape and Ornamental Plant Pathology) Entomology & Plant Pathologysara_villani@ncsu.edu

(828) 585-3535

Phone: (828) 585-3535

Fax: (828) 684-8715

Street Address: MHCR&EC
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759

Mailing Address: MHCR&EC
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759

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Recent Posts by Sara Villani

Dr. Annie Vogel, Tom Kon’s graduate student at NC State, conducted extensive research for her PhD dissertation on the …

Speaking to a colleague the other day, I made the comment to him that western NC is experiencing a …

On many cultivars in Western NC, petal fall is occurring or should be approaching this week. Petal fall is …

Please note that all predicted blossom blight infection events are current as of April 2, 2025 @ 8:45 p.m. …

I’ve been getting a few questions today regarding FireWall 50 WP as an alternative to Harbour for streptomycin, so …

Well, green tip to bloom seemed to progress fairly rapidly this year! Just two weeks ago we were putting …

Polk County, NC There is a predicted fire blight (blossom blight) infection event predicted for Monday, March 31 2025. If …

On behalf of the extended NC State Apple Team, we hope you are doing as well as possible following …