Grape Pest Survey - 2nd Week of August
Our first vinifera location, in Rowan Co., began harvest this past week, and as the fruit were gone, we …
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Grape Pest Survey- 1st Week of August
At our monitoring sites, grapes are ripe, and the first harvest at the Johnston Co. location started this week. …
Grape Pest Survey- 5th Week of July
Glassy winged sharpshooter captures are very low or zero in locations with previous captures. This suggests we are between …
Grape Pest Survey- 4th Week of July
As we reach the end of July, more fields started to ripen for both muscadines and vinifera grapes, and …
Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of July
Grapes are starting to ripen, including those at our location in Currituck Co. This week we continue to catch grape berry …
Grape Pest Survey - 2nd Week of July
The grapes at our monitoring sites continue to grow and are getting close to full size. This week, we caught …
Grape Pest Survey - 1st Week of July
Presence of pests in our scouted vineyards remain very similar than last week. As in the past report, grape berry …
Grape Pest Survey - 4th Week of June
As the grapes grow, we again started to catch grape berry moth in one of our Northwest locations (Wilkes Co.), …
Grape Pest Survey- 3rd Week of June
Glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) detections continue in both of our Northeast sites, in Perquimans and Currituck Co., and we captured our …
All Uses of Paraquat Require Special Training
The EPA now requires that applicators as well as those mixing or handling paraquat-containing pesticides to be a certified applicator that has completed …
Paraquat Use Now Requires Training
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Research Seeking Volunteers to Share Experiences With Food Supply & Food Systems After Hurricane Florence
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