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Michigan Conservation Stewards Program (CSP) currently enrolling students
Published on August 3, 2015
Intensive volunteer leader training program geared towards individuals who want to help restore and conserve ecosystems through Michigan. -
Michigan spotted wing Drosophila report for July 28, 2015
Published on July 28, 2015
Summer increase of spotted wing Drosophila is in full swing in all fruit production regions in Lower Michigan. Ripening susceptible crops need to be protected. -
Michigan brown marmorated stink bug report for July 28, 2015
Published on July 28, 2015
No brown marmorated stink bugs have been found in traps in the monitoring network in the fourth week of trapping. -
Southwest Michigan grape scouting report for July 28, 2015
Published on July 28, 2015
Grape berry moths are between generations, and berry infections from previous rainy periods are showing symptoms in some vineyards. -
Invasive species are costly in economic and ecological damage, further introductions must be avoided
Published on July 27, 2015
A new grant project at MSU hopes to provide a better network for tracking and pinpointing possible new invasive introductions early before these invasive species get a solid foothold in Michigan. -
Indiana reports late blight in potato and tomato fields
Published on July 27, 2015
Lagrange County, Indiana, reports late blight in potato and tomato fields. -
Use Smart Gardening practices to help ward off potential tomato diseases
Published on July 24, 2015
Smart gardeners can reduce the chance of tomato diseases by improving cultural practices of watering, crop rotation and good sanitation. -
Check nursery plants and containers for gypsy moths now
Published on July 24, 2015
Adult male gypsy moths are actively flying and females are laying eggs. Scout nursery stock and containers to avoid a problem when shipping plants out of state. -
Second generation pine needle scale has begun to hatch
Published on July 24, 2015
Pine needle scale summer generation has begun to hatch in Lower Michigan. Target insecticide applications for when most crawlers have emerged and begun to settle down. -
Potato late blight found in Michigan in 2015
Published on July 24, 2015
Growers should be treating all fields on a minimum five-day schedule in Montcalm, Gratiot, Ionia and Mecosta counties. All other growers should continue to scout on a weekly basis.