Entomology today

By Paige Embry Insects are indispensable members of the world. They serve as breakfast, lunch, and midnight snack for a host of other animals. They chow down on everything from poop to wood, freeing up the nutrients for re-use. Some …

PennState https://news.psu.edu/story/628288/2020/08/13/research/research-helps-explain-source-pathogen-causes-bitter-rot-disease

FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9116746/south-africa-high-incidence-of-bitter-pit-in-apples-reduces-export-estimates/

Defect undetectable in the orchard but becomes evident upon storage

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-11-drones-sterile-insects-disrupt-orchard.html

by Madeline Kelly, Michigan State University Chris Adams and Larry Gut, entomologists in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State …

FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9119783/fungal-rust-spreads-in-indian-apple-orchards-after-continuous-rain/ Scientists advise deep pruning to facilitate drying, reduce spraying of pesticide

FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9117660/new-findings-of-rhizopus-oryzae-as-causal-agent-of-soft-rot-on-apple/

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/something-rapidly-killing-young-apple-trees-north-american-orchards-scientists-are?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-03-21&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=2727825

Now, as their trees prepare to blossom, North …

http://www.freshplaza.com/article/191669/Pilot-programme-to-combat-codling-moth-gives-spectacular-results

A pilot programme by Plant & Food Research to collapse the population of one of New Zealand’s most harmful apple pests, the …

Cornell Chronicle http://news.cornell.edu/ stories/2018/03/new-apple- disease-spoils-even- pasteurized-foods By Krishna Ramanujan

A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: Mon 2 Apr 2018 Source: WHCU News Talk Radio [edited] <http:// …