Reports and Presentations
Articles
2020
- Interpreting Trap Captures of Spotted-Wing Drosophila (SWD) in Blueberries
- Wild Hosts, Spotted-Wing Drosophila, and Blueberries
Fruit Industry Reports
2014
- Netting and fixed sprayer system – Dale Ila Riggs, New York State Berry Growers Association
- Caneberry harvest strategies – Nate Nourse, Nourse Farms, Whately, MA
- Post-harvest handling of raspberries – Nate Nourse, Nourse Farms, Whately, MA
2013
- U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council – Dave Trinka
- New York State Berry Growers Association – Dale Ila Riggs
Research Reports
2014
- Use of attract and kill super absorbent gel to control SWD – Peter Jentsch, Cornell University
- Impact of SWD on blueberry IPM programming – Dean Polk, Rutgers University
- Research objectives and preliminary findings from the Leskey Lab – Tracy Leskey, USDA ARS, Kearneysville, WV
- SWD research in Virginia: interspecific competition with African fig fly and baseline sampling for natural enemies – Doug Pfeiffer, Virginia Tech
- Research objectives and preliminary findings from the Rodriguez-Saona Lab – Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers University
- Research objectives and preliminary findings from the Loeb Lab – Greg Loeb, Cornell University
- New Hampshire highbush blueberry research – Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire
2013
- Status, monitoring and management in Michigan – Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University
- Status, monitoring and management in North Carolina – Hannah Burrack, NC State University
- Overwintering biology and alternative hosts – Greg Loeb, Cornell University
- Olfactory cues and chemical control – Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers University
- Trap improvements, phagostimulants and behavioral control [presentation] and Mass trapping report – Richard Cowles, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
- Visual cues and behavioral control – Tracy Leskey, USDA ARS, Kearneysville, WV
- Biological control – Kim Hoelmer, USDA-ARS, Newark, DE
- Monitoring and management in caneberries and grapes – Doug Pfeiffer, Virginia Tech
Regional Reports of Impact
2014
- New Jersey (highbush blueberry) – Dean Polk, Rutgers University
- Pennsylvania – Kathy Demchak, Penn State
- New York – Julie Carroll, Cornell University
- Connecticut – Mary Concklin, University of Connecticut
- Rhode Island – Heather Faubert, University of Rhode Island
- New Hampshire – Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire
- Atlantic Provinces, Canada – Debra Moreau, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Ontario, Canada – Pam Fisher, OMAFRA
- Quebec, Canada – Liette Lambert, MAPAQ/QMAFF
2013
- New Jersey (highbush blueberry) – Dean Polk, Rutgers University
- New Jersey (grape) – Anne Nielsen, Rutgers University
- Pennsylvania – Kathy Demchak, Penn State
- New York [presentation] and New York State report – Julie Carroll, Cornell University
- New York (Long Island) – Faruque Zaman, Cornell University
- Connecticut – Mary Concklin, University of Connecticut
- Rhode Island – Heather Faubert, University of Rhode Island
- Maine [not yet available] – Dave Handley, University of Maine
- New Hampshire – George Hamilton, University of New Hampshire
- Ontario, Canada – Pam Fisher, OMAFRA
- Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island & New Brunswick, Canada – Debra Moreau, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Quebec, Canada – Liette Lambert, Quebec Ministry of Agric.
Regulatory Updates
2013
- MRL’s and exporting fruit – Tom Peerbolt, Peerbolt Crop Management, Portland, OR
- EPA perspectives on insecticide registrations & exemptions for SWD [presentation] and 24(c) application form – Audrey Moore, US EPA Region 2, Edison, NJ