Two female SWD were caught in traps in Tioga County on July 1, 2016. The traps are set in a fall raspberry planting near low tunnel strawberries. These traps are being monitored by Barb Neal, Master Gardener, and Margaret Ball, Extension Educator, Tioga County Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Please join me in welcoming Margaret to Cornell Cooperative Extension! She was just hired this month and has immersed herself in a whirlwind of SWD early arrival and trap monitoring; all during the week of the Tioga County Fair!
Clearly, 2016 is going to be a very challenging year for summer and fall raspberries, blackberries, elderberries, blueberries, and other fruit crops vulnerable to SWD infestation. Look to Cornell Fruit Resources for SWD management information.