We harvested raspberries today and put both sound and cull berries in a salt solution (1 cup salt to 1 gallon water) to see if Drosophila larvae were present. We found some on the sound fruit and more on the cull fruit. … [Read more...] about Drosophila larvae on raspberry
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GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 1451 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 Mars grape has begun to soften and color. … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang, associate professor in the State Fruit Experiment Station, Darr School of Agriculture at Missouri State University (MSU) and four students; Surya Sapkota, an MSU/University of Missouri collaborative Ph.D. student; Logan Duncan, Mia Mann and Brigette Williams, all Plant Science Master’s students, attended the 66th American Society of Enology and Viticulture … [Read more...] about Dr. Hwang’s team at ASEV