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- Your input needed! National SWD Impact Survey (December 19, 2024) - Dear Small Fruit Growers: As part of a national team of entomologists studying the management of spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), we are reaching out with a request for assistance to help understand the current impacts of SWD on your farm and how these impacts may have changed in the last 10 years. If you are[Read More... ]
- The 2025 Indiana Hort Conference is less than a month away! Here are some of the highlights of this year’s conference (December 17, 2024) - -Entomology Specialists from Purdue (Dr. Elizabeth Long) and the USDA ARS (Dr. Tracy Leskey, West Virginia) will be presenting a spotted lanternfly update, tools for dealing with plum curculio, a spotted wing drosophila update and ‘how to’ session on the setup of fruit insect monitoring traps. -Tree Fruit Specialist, Peter Hirst, will be presenting[Read More... ]