Ten Years On – Fruit IPM Coordinator Dr. Juliet Carroll addresses Ten Years of #SWD

Please visit the Spotted Wing Drosophila Blog for this important season wrap-up.

For ten years, Dr. Carroll has been leading trapping and tracking a major berry pest with the help of funders and collaborators. That’s a lot of opportunity to improve Fruit IPM against this tiny fruit fly!

graphic showing information for Dr. Julie Carroll

Here,  we reiterate her appreciation for the network of researchers working alongside to accomplish this:

These 15 Cornell University extension scientists participated in SWD monitoring this year in 23 counties. A special thanks go out to them for setting traps, changing lures, servicing traps, and identifying SWD. This network would not be possible without their support and contributions — suggestions for improvement, ideas for mapping, perspectives on grower needs and steadfast cooperation.

  • Andy Galimberti, Eastern NY Commercial Hort Program
  • Ariel Kirk, Steuben County CCE
  • Barb Neal, Tioga County CCE
  • Dave Thorp, Livingston County
  • Don Gasiewicz, Wyoming County CCE
  • Elisabeth Hodgdon, Eastern NY Commercial Hort Program
  • Elizabeth Tee, Lake Ontario Fruit Program
  • Faruque Zaman, Suffolk County CCE
  • Janet van Zoeren, Lake Ontario Fruit Program
  • Jim O’Connell, Ulster County CCE
  • Juliet Carroll, NYS IPM Program
  • Laura McDermott, Eastern NY Commercial Hort Program
  • Liz Alexander, Chemung County CCE
  • Natasha Field, Eastern NY Commercial Hort Program
  • Sarah Tobin, Eastern NY Commercial Hort Program

Most importantly, we acknowledge the support of our funding partners:

  • NYS Berry Growers Association
  • NYS IPM Program
  • USDA NIFA CPPM EIP Award 2017-70006-27142