Tag: Pest management
6 article(s) found with this tag.
The kinder, gentler orchard The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 initiated the gradual phasing out of organophosphate pesticides. By 2012, the major chemical defense against wormy apples will no longer be available. But not to worry, thanks to a continuous refinement of Integrated Pest Management and collaboration amongst growers, industry fieldmen, and WSU researchers. No one would knowingly build a house this way. But this is Mildew Manor. And building it wrong is building it right. If you can put other insects to work eating the insects that are bothering you, everybody wins. Except the pests.
Fall 2010
Categories: WSU Extension, Agriculture
Tags: Tree fruit, Integrated Pest Management, Fruit, Pesticides, Pest management, Horticulture
Welcome to Mildew Manor (And you think your house needs work.)
Spring 2007
Categories: Architecture and design, Biological sciences
Tags: Pest management, Mildew
No shrinking violet
Summer 2006
Researchers at WSU are finding that plants are surprisingly assertive. Based on their findings, a case could be made that the average potted plant is at least as active as the average human couch potato—and a lot smarter about what it consumes
Categories: Agriculture, Biological sciences, Botany, Alumni
Tags: Photosynthesis, Plant behavior, Pest management
New Zealand mud snails: A tiny gastropod is a major problem here—not there
Spring 2005
They have already invaded the Snake River, Yellowstone National Park,
and lots of other sites. They can reach population densities greater
than 300,000 per square meter, carpeting stream beds and changing the
way nutrients cycle through the ecosystem. It was a little difficult,
though, to explain all of this to the gentleman who wanted to
confiscate my snails.
Categories: Biological sciences
Tags: Pest management, Snails
A bug-eat-bug world
Winter 2003
Categories: Agriculture, Biological sciences
Tags: Entomology, Pest management
A summer job that meant something
Winter 2002
An entomology undergrad combats the worm in the appleWhen they hatch, they're so tiny you can barely see them. Then
they eat. They bore their way inside an apple and consume it from
within. After two weeks, they're half an inch long, pinkish orange...
Categories: Agriculture, Biological sciences
Tags: Apples, Pest management, Entomology