Reducing Harvest Losses to Late Season Insects and Their Associated Diseases in Michigan Vineyards
- Research Date
- 2018
- Authors
- Rufus Isaacs, Keith Mason, Thomas Todaro, Brad Baughman
- Priorities
- Best Practices, Crop Quality, Pest Management
- Crop Categories
- Grapes
- Beverage Categories
- Wine
This project had the overall aim of preventing losses to pre-harvest insect pests in Michigan vineyards. The goals were to test wasp trapping strategies, evaluate chemical control of a variety of harvest pests, and help determine the relationship between brown marmorated stink bug, spotted wing drosophila and native fruit fly infestations. This research is informing our late-season pest control recommendations to vineyard managers. We communicated our results through bi-weekly MSUE Vineyard Scouting Reports, Extension meetings, Fact Sheets, and in-season workshops.