Purdue Fruit, Veg & Hemp Field Day Meigs Purdue Ag Center 9101 S 100 E, Lafayette, IN 47909 July 21, 2022 More details to come.
For those growing delicious small fruits, including cherries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries, on a U-pick farm or even your backyard, now is the time to be on the lookout for spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), especially if your berries are ripe or in the ripening stage. Most of you are likely familiar with SWD (Figure 1),…Read more about Be on the lookout for spotted-wing drosophila as small fruits begin to ripen[Read More]
Just a reminder to all fruit producers to organize and prep your fruit insect monitoring tools for the upcoming season! Depending on your fruit crop and location in the state, there’s a suite of fruit insects that are important for you to track, including moths, aphids, scales, stink bugs, fruit and vinegar flies, and…Read more about Don’t forget to prep your fruit insect monitoring tools for 2022![Read More]