June 10, 2022 Early-Career Parenting: Surviving, If Not Thriving by Katlyn A Catron, PhD This article was originally published in the Summer 2022 edition of “American Entomologist” https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/tmac040 The early stage of an entomologist’s career is filled with difficult decisions: do I take a postdoc, an industry job, or just light my degrees on fire […]
March 1, 2022 Pear Psylla Phenology IPM Guide will help manage pear psylla using the new degree day model! As temperatures warm and the snow melts, it is time to think about pear psylla management. In warmer areas like Oregon and southern Washington, psylla are already back in the orchards and laying eggs. In central […]
February 10, 2022 Pear psylla phenology, pre‐bloom kaolin, and insect growth regulators, summer pruning, timing honeydew washes, summer covers, fall kaolin. A presentation by Louis Nottingham, WSU Entomology at North Central Washington Tree Fruit Days, January 20, 2022.
February 22, 2021 Be BRAVE: Pear Psylla Management On Thursday, February 18, 2021 as part of an OSU/WSU webinar, Stijn van Laer gave a talk on pear psylla management in northern European pear orchards. Stijn is a crop consultant that works for company called FruitConsult based in Belgium. They are a private consulting firm that […]
Join us for pear study circles this winter – they’re free! It’s a great learning opportunity for growers, consultants, researchers, and industry professionals. Our goal is to improve pear profitability and sustainability. Each study circle will include a 30 minute presentation and 2 hours of facilitated discussion. Topics include: Oct 19, 2021 – Choosing products […]
November 18, 2021 Test of plant defense elicitors for arthropod pest suppression and PR-1 gene induction in pear orchards Plant defense elicitors (PDEs) are chemicals that stimulate plant defenses against pathogens and herbivores. Previous work shows that PDEs acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) and harpinab protein (harpin) can induce the pathogenesis-related gene PR-1 in plants and suppress herbivorous […]
