Vickie Baumer reports the trap catches for the spotted wing drosophila traps that were set out on Tuesday, July 2 as follows: Blueberry - 0 West Blackberry - 32 males; 42 females (the SWD in 1/2 of the drowning solution were counted and then multiplied by 2 as an estimate of the total)* East Blackberry - 8 males; 34 females* Field Primocane Raspberries - 6 males; 30 … [Read more...] about Spotted wing drosophila trap catches
Archives for July 2013
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 1358 http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
Congratulations to our successful Master Degree students! Hui Ge presented his defense of "Genomics analysis of WRKY transcription factors and exploration of their role in grapevine defense systems", his major professor is Dr. Wenping Qiu. Surya Sapkota presented his defense of "Norton (Vitis aestivalis) Grape Breeding for Powdery Mildew Disease Resistance" and Xu Chen … [Read more...] about Congratulations to our grads
Vickie Baumer collected the spotted wing drosophila (SWD) traps that she put out last week. She identified 11 SWD in the High Tunnel trap next to primocane bearing raspberries, 6 SWD in the trap on the east side of the blackberries and 2 SWD in the trap on the west side of the blackberries. Dr. Maciej Pszczolkowski, Associate Research Professor of Entomology, verified the … [Read more...] about Spotted wing drosophila identified at Mountain Grove