Doug Walsh

Top Tech Award, Spotted Wing Drosophila

WSU Works with Multi-State Team to Combat Spotted Wing Drosophila Fueled by a $1.2 million USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative grant, Washington State University has mobilized a large interdisciplinary team of scientists and Extension educators to try to beat back the rapid encroachment of spotted wing drosophila. First introduced into California in 2008, SWD is […]

WSU Works with Multi-State Team to Combat Spotted Wing Drosophila

PROSSER, Wash. — Fueled by a $1.2 million USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative grant, Washington State University has mobilized a large interdisciplinary team of scientists and Extension educators to try to beat back the rapid encroachment of spotted wing drosophila.

WSU IPM Team Saves Growers Money, Wins Award

PROSSER, Wash. – A team of WSU researchers and their wine-industry collaborators are the winners of the 2007 Integrated Pest Management Team Award. The award is given each year to the team that successfully implements an integrated pest management (IPM) solution to an agricultural pest problem. The Pacific Northwest Vineyard IPM team, led by entomologist […]