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Pest Management Features

	Title	Issue
	WSU showcases orchard technology The Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems showed growers technology under development during a Technology Expo at WSU's Sunrise Orchard. Geraldine Warner	Web 2012
	New pesticide safety guide released Melissa Hansen	Web 2012
	Further apple maggot quarantine proposesd The proposed quarantine area would cover the western part of Chelan County. Geraldine Warner	Web 2012
	New pests threaten Washington grapes Melissa Hansen	March 1st 2012
	Trapping for grape mealybug Melissa Hansen	March 1st 2012
	New powdery mildew fungicides for cherries Three new fungicides are available for Washington cherry growers in 2011. Gary Grove and Mark Nelson, Washington State University	Web 2011
	Clearance sought for insecticide to help control invasive stink bug Dr. Chris Bergh, an entomologist at Virginia Tech, said that the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services plans to petition the Environmental Protection Agency in April for a Section 18 emergency use permit for use of dinotefuran (Venom, Scorpion) for late-season control of brown marmorated stink bug on pome and stone fruits. Richard Lehnert	Web 2011
	What's the strategy for SWD? Washington growers want guidance on what to do about the new pest spotted wing drosophila. Geraldine Warner	Web 2010
	Learning to live with drosophila How well will it survive the winter? Geraldine Warner	Web 2010
	Spotted wing drosophila found in NW A female fly was found May 10 in a trap in Mosier, Oregon. Melissa Hansen	Web 2010