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 […]
March 10, 2021 Leafhopper Deterrence Linked to X Disease Management WSU entomologists and industry partners learn about X disease vectors to help the cherry industry optimize management. Work by the Nottingham lab on insecticide efficacy (“catching lots of wild leafhoppers and trying to keep them alive long enough to kill them”) and systemic insecticides applied […]
Mach 9, 2021 Codling Moth Task Force Codling moth has been the key pest of pome fruits across the growing regions of Washington and Oregon for over 100 years. During that time, pest management programs regularly evolved as key pesticides were phased out and new technology was incorporated. As we continue to adapt new tools […]
February 8, 2021 Pear Psylla IPM: Strategies and New Research (2021 Pear Day) Miss the virtual 2021 WSU Tree Fruit Days in January? No worries, Louie Nottingham’s webinar on Pear IPM is available any time. Here, Louie discusses key components to successful pear IPM programs and his latest research results.
February 8, 2021 Psylla will soon be on the move! Louis Nottingham and Robert Orpet wrote an article in the February 2021 edition of ‘Tree Fruit News’ reminding growers to start preparing dormant sprays of kaolin clay (Surround) to deter pear psylla colonization in the orchard. A dormant Surround spray will provide the first line […]
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 […]
November 19, 2020 New Publication! Pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola (Förster), has remained the most challenging pest of commercial pears in Washington and Oregon, the top producers of pears in the United States. The lack of effective integrated pest management tactics for this pest has been a major barrier to effective management. In this study, we […]
November 19, 2020 Orpet and Nottingham article in ‘Fruit Matter’s Newsletter’ about potential for Surround applied in the fall for pear psylla management. Kaolin clay (Surround WP) is a white sprayable powder that discourages pear psylla from laying eggs on pear trees by creating a physical barrier over the tree’s surface. If sprayed early in […]
