
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - September 14, 2020
The last full pest report was September 8, but traps will continue to be checked and the numbers updated …
The last full pest report was September 8, but traps will continue to be checked and the numbers updated …
Double Play Doozie the first continuous flowering sterile spirea wins Gold Medal at the international KVBC Plantarium Summer Challenge. Awards …
With apple harvest well underway, and most pests other than the brown marmorated stink bug declining in numbers; this …
Great students need great programs, and demand for graduates in agriculture and life sciences is as high as ever. Did …
September 1, 2020 During the past week both brown marmorated stink bug and apple maggot populations increased in number. Brown marmorated …
In keeping with the theme of the past several weeks, insects of greatest concern at this time are brown …
8/20/20 – It has been decades in coming because finding funding to conduct research on growing truffles in North …
Symptoms of Glomerella leaf spot and bitter rot caused by Colletotrichum fructicola have been rapidly increasing throughout the region …
August 18, 2020 Brown marmorated stink bug continues to be the primary insect of concern, and will be through September. Brown …
Cucumber Downy Mildew (CDM) has been confirmed on cucumber plants in our sentinel plot in Waynesville, NC (Haywood County). …
Tomato Field Day 2020 at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, NC goes “virtual” …
Brown marmorated stink bug adult emergence is becoming more widespread, while apple maggot and oriental fruit moth numbers increased …
As has been the trend in recent weeks, overall insect pest pressure is low, and as we enter August …
Renee Kennedy knew the beautiful farm house and 110 acres she had under contract to purchase in Pleasant Gardens, …
7/30/2020 – Written by Margaret Bloomquist, Research Associate Next year marks the 10th growing season of the Eastern Broccoli Project! This season we …
Codling moth pheromone trap captures remain low throughout the area, while oriental fruit moth captures have crept up in …
7/28/20 – Written by Margaret Bloomquist, Research Associate, and Katie Learn, Research Assistant in the North Carolina Alternative Crops …
The EPA has approved the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services request for a Section 18 Emergency Exemption …
At lower elevations (<1000 ft), first generation brown mamorated stink bug is beginning to emerge, while at higher elevations …
Late blight on tomato was confirmed in Buncombe County on July 17, 2010, and confirmed by microscopic observation of …