Our national team of biologists and social scientist has assembled with the goal of developing sustainable strategies to manage spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii), an invasive fly native to eastern Asia that damages soft skinned fruit crops, rendering them unmarketable. This project is supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative.
Our project activities are wide ranging, and we will regularly post updates here and on our project Facebook page.
The Issue: Growers must make frequent pesticide applications to control spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) during times of high infestation pressure. Unfortunately, these frequent applications, along with the fly’s ability to reproduce …
Laura Kraft, PhD student at NC State University, has authored an article for Entomology Today, the blog of Entomological Society of America, describing a recently published study by Lauren …
As we produce research publications associated with our project, we will share summaries here. This is the first of several upcoming research summaries in which we’ll share our findings …