Invasive Fruit Flies on the Attack in Texas Citrus By USDA-APHIS|April 25, 2024 USDA is urging vigilance as Lower Rio Grande Valley is at risk of being infested by damaging fruit pests.Read More
A New Biopesticide in the Making To Fight Spotted Wing Drosophila By Michigan State University AgBioResearch|October 31, 2024
Goodbye Fruit Flies? Here’s a New 5-Year Strategy To Fight The Pests By USDA-APHIS|April 18, 2024 USDA-APHIS aims to protect hundreds of crops from invasive fruit flies with new comprehensive detection and exclusion plan.
Good Vibrations: The New Buzz About What’s Shaking up Spotted Lanternfly By Thomas Skernivitz|April 1, 2024 Hearsay proves true, as buzzing power lines really do attract spotted lanternflies.
Parasitoid Wasps Hot on the Tail of Dreaded Fruit Pest By Thomas Skernivitz|March 19, 2024 ‘Devastating’ spotted wing drosophila pest draws crowds of beneficial wasps.
Spotted Wing Drosophila Surge Has Florida Blueberry Growers On Watch Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 18, 2024 Multiple reports of the invasive pest around fields in Central Florida stand out as earlier than normal.
Oriental Fruit Moth Lands In Hot Water — And It’s a Good Thing By Thomas Skernivitz|March 12, 2024 But what’s the ideal temperature to kill the tree fruit pest without hurting the tree?
Why Almond Growers Should Never Skimp on Pest Control By David Eddy|March 4, 2024 Many almond growers who cut back last year got hammered by navel orangeworm.
Study Shows Unique Pest Control Approach Could Help Tame Pepper Weevil By EurekAlert|February 28, 2024 The pepper weevil (Anthonomus eugenii) poses a significant challenge to pepper growers across much of North America.
New Nematode Species Could Be a Benefit To Growers By UC Riverside News|February 9, 2024 Surprise discovery of unique insect-killing nematode species could help protect crops without pesticides.
USDA Set To Give Plant Protection Efforts a Big Boost By USDA-APHIS|February 9, 2024 Government agency is investing more than $70 million in 374 projects through the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program.
Ways To Keep Spinach Crops Free of Aphids By John C. Palumbo|February 1, 2024 What you need to know to control this damaging pest.
Biocontrol Tactics for Insect and Mite Pests in Tomatoes By Tom Bilbo, Clemson University|January 30, 2024 Tomatoes’ physical characteristics can be hostile to beneficial insects. Here’s what researchers have learned about what works.
What Nut Growers Should Know About the Carpophilus Beetle By David Eddy|January 30, 2024 Yet another invasive insect to wreak havoc on crops? Learn more about the latest of invasions that threatens California tree nuts.
Breakthrough Study Might Have Solutions For Thrips Parvispinus By UF/IFAS News|January 26, 2024 Invasive pest has been a pain for fruit, vegetable, and ornamental plant growers in Florida. Researchers evaluate promising products for control.
Big Plans To Help Mitigate Fruit Fly Scourge in California By California Department of Food and Agriculture|January 22, 2024 All host fruit for the Oriental fruit fly to be removed from properties, with trees remaining in place.
The Most Problematic Weeds, Diseases, and Pests for Vegetable Growers By Growing Produce Staff|January 12, 2024 The country’s leading experts weigh in on why these insects, weeds, and diseases are such a problem.
Fruit Fly Invasion Situation Grows on in Southern California By USDA-APHIS|January 2, 2024 USDA-APHIS expands Oriental fruit fly quarantine in response to more confirmed detections of adult flies from various trapping sites.
EPA Gives Update on the Next Steps for Chlorpyrifos By AgriBusiness Global|December 21, 2023 Following recent court ruling, government agency is issuing guidance on what’s to come for controversial pesticide.
Invasive Fruit Fly Quarantine Areas Expand in Parts of California By USDA|December 8, 2023 USDA-APHIS is applying safeguarding measures and restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated plants and produce.
Relentless Surge of Fruit Flies a Pain for California Growers By UC Agriculture and Natural Resources News|November 27, 2023 Recent finds involving multiple species of the flying pest have sparked seven different quarantines across the state.