October 27, 2022 The October 2022 issue of the Good Fruit Grower featured our ginormous codling moth project covering 45 sites across 6,500 square miles of Central Washington. The project is led by Nottingham lab postdoc Rob Curtiss with assistance from research technician Toriani Kent. In the past few years, a resurgence of codling moth […]
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 […]
The Nottingham Lab’s work on pear IPM was the feature spread in the September 2021 issue of the Good Fruit Grower. Check it out! Putting IPM to work
How to Sample for Pear Psylla Using Beat Trays Louie Nottingham demonstrates how to sample for pear psylla using the tray tap method, also known as the beat tray method. You will need an 18″ x 18″ beat tray (DYI or available for purchase at some ag chemical companies), a tapping stick and a sampling […]
March 23, 2021 Sam Parker, pear grower and social media extraordinaire, shares his experience being a cooperator on the Nottingham lab reflective mulch trials currently taking place in his organic pear orchard. Clicking the pic will take you to the video on Sam’s Instagram account. You don’t need an Instagram account to watch it, but […]
November 19, 2020 Nottingham Interviews Dr. Angelita (Angel) Acebes-Doria in Entomology Today. Read my interview with an incredibly inspirational entomologist, Dr. Angel Acebes-Doria; someone I’m proud to call a colleague and friend. Angel discussed topics that many early career scientists face, such impostor syndrome and running a research lab during COVID, but also some that […]