2014 Presentations and Reports – SWD IPM Working Group

Highland, NY
September 16, 2014

Fruit Industry Reports

• 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

Research Reports

• Use of attract and kill super absorbent gel to control SWD (PDF, 3.3 MB) – 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 (PDF, 4.8 MB) – 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

Regional Reports of Impact

• 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 (PDF, 4.4 MB) – Liette Lambert, MAPAQ/QMAFF

Additional Resources

• SWD field booklet – Liette Lambert, Quebec, Canada