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SWD damage continues for fruit growers
Dec 6, 2017, 14:59 PM
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An extension educator says a fruit fly has only gotten more difficult to control for growers.
Spotted Wing Drosophila, or SWD, was first discovered in Michigan in 2010. Nikki Rothwell with Michigan State University Extension tells Brownfield the pest lays eggs into fruit right about the time tart cherries are being harvested and if a crop becomes invested growers have to dump their fruit. “Consumers aren’t super excited about larvae in fruit so we’ve got to figure out how to protect that fruit from this pretty invasive pest.”
She says a single female can lay 300 eggs and each generation renews every seven days.
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