Welcome! The Nottingham Tree Fruit Entomology lab is based out of WSU’s Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee WA. Our primary goal is improving insect and mite pest management practices in commercial tree fruit orchards. Topics include insect behavior, phenology, biological control, cultural control, and chemical control.

2022 Nottingham Lab: (top left addition) Chris Sater and Myk Vietas, (in person, clockwise from top left) Louis Nottingham, Rob Curtiss, Cody Andre, Delaney Frazier, Chris McCullough, Robert Orpet, Molly Sayles, Katlyn Catron, Toriani Kent

Louis Nottingham, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, WSU – TFREC
louis.nottingham@wsu.edu,
Twitter: @LouisNottingham
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Pear Psylla Integrated Pest Management
Cacopsylla pyricola (Foerster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Updated by Louis Nottingham, Robert Orpet, WSU Entomology; Tianna DuPont, WSU Extension. May 2022. Adapted from by Everett C. Burts, Helmut Riedl, and John Dunley, originally published 1993. Pear psylla…

The First Year of the Pear Psylla Phenology-based Management Program Exhibits IPM Success
IPM was as effective as conventional management at controlling pear psylla by Molly Sayles, Robert Orpet, and Louis Nottingham November 28, 2022 IPM works by having a spray program that promotes natural enemies, which provided…

Reducing areawide pear psylla winterforms requires an areawide effort
Sticking the landing, post-harvest psylla populations by Chris McCullough, Robert Orpet, Molly Sayles, and Louis Nottingham November 7, 2022 During the 2022 pear growing season, our WSU pear entomology team monitored pear psylla and its…
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IPM for Psylla Using Kaolin and Reflective Mulch
Integrated Pest Management Programs for Pear Psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola (Förster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), Using Kaolin Clay and Reflective Plastic Mulch Reflective mulch plot September 1, 2022 Pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola (Förster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), is the most…

Plant Defense Elicitors
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…

Dusky Slug in Field Corn and Soybean
June 2, 2021 Ambient moisture causes methomyl residues on corn plants to rapidly lose toxicity to the pest slug, Arion subfuscus, Müller (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) The carbamate insecticide methomyl is sometimes used to control slugs in…