Scaffolds 2024 Digest: Week 22 This post is a text digest of the Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original episode, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast on Spotify On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, we recorded the season finale. We are joined by Vaughn Gingerich of Lake Ontario Ag Consulting, LLC, and we have Read More…

Scaffolds 2024 Digest: Week 21 This post is a text digest of the Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original episode, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast on Spotify   On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, I talked to Dr. Kevin Rice from Virginia Tech about codling moth. Kerik talks stone fruit diseases, and Anna Read More…

Scaffolds 2024 Digest: Week 19  This post is a text digest of the Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original episode, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast on Spotify    On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, I talked to Dr. Kelsey Tobin, a postdoctoral researcher in my lab, about a new ambrosia beetle that we’re Read More…

Scaffolds 2024 Digest: Week 18 On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, I talk about starting to think about BMSB or brown marmorated stink bug. Kerik talks about apple scab symptoms on the fruit versus the leaves and disease forecasting for Marssonina, powdery mildew and fire blight. And last, Anna gives us our state of the Read More…

Scaffolds 2024 Digest: Week 17   On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, I talked to doctor Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris. about biological control in tree fruit. Kerik talks biopesticides and bacteriophages, and Anna gives us our state of the state update on degree day accumulation and trap captures.   Monique Interviews Dr. Rebecca Schmidt Jeffris Monique: Okay, Read More…

Scaffolds 2024 Digest: Week 16 On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, I talked to Doctor David Crowder. If you remember, a couple episodes ago, I was talking about some papers from his lab on woolly apple aphid. Well, I finally got him on the podcast, and we discuss a decision aid support tool that he Read More…

Scaffolds 2024 Digest: Week 15 This post is a text digest of the Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original episode, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast on Spotify On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, I talked to Mario Miranda Sazo, a horticulturalist on the Lake Ontario Fruit Team, about summer pruning. I had this Read More…

2024 Scaffolds Digest: Week 14  This post is a text digest of the Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original episode, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast on Spotify On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, I speak with Dr. Awais Khan, an associate professor and geneticist at Cornell AgriTech, about his sabbatical trip to the Read More…

Scaffolds 2024 Digest: Week 13 On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, I talk about the heat wave we’re currently experiencing and its effect on insects, and go over information from the west coast about woolly apple aphid. Kerik gives us a midseason update on pathology, and Anna continues our state of the state updates on Read More…

Scaffolds 2024 Digest: Week 12 This post is a text digest of the Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original episode, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast on Spotify On this week’s episode of Scaffolds, I talked to Anna Wunsch about apple viruses. Kerik gives us an update on Apple Blotch and Marsonnina, and Anna Read More…