Plastic Mulches Prove Effective Against Spotted Wing Drosophila in Raspberry Crops
Plastic Mulches Prove Effective Against Spotted Wing Drosophila in Raspberry Crops Hanna McIntosh, a Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin-Madison, employs a spectrometer to measure the full spectrum of light, gathering data on all the wavelengths produced by the various plastic mulches. Photo by David Tenenbaum The initial results are in on a University of Wisconsin-Madison study using mulches to limit spotted wing drosophila (SWD) populations in raspberries, and the results look extremely promising, as the number of larvae found in the fruit was cut by at least half. Hanna McIntosh, a Ph...
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