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  Francesco Planchenstainer

  Subject Matter Expert, Regulatory Leadership in Food Law
  

• Oct 13

  Evaluating honey bee brood frames at River Raisin Beekeepers Club meeting

  October 13, 2024 2:00PM – 3:30PM Citizens Gas Blue Room, 117 N Winter Street, Adrian, MI

  Learn to distinguish between healthy and sick brood and to recognize signs of European Foulbrood, American Foulbrood, chalkbrood, and varroa parasitic mite brood syndrome.

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  Kostas Bithas

  Past visiting scholar
  kbithas@eesd.gr
  

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  Michigan hop pest report week of May 23, 2024

  Published on May 24, 2024
  Michigan hopyards are entering a critical pest management period for key insect pests and diseases. Scout regularly and thoroughly.

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  Healthy lawns are more resilient to grubs, drought and other stressors

  Published on May 24, 2017
  Use these Smart Gardening practices to have a healthy lawn that is more resilient to potential turf problems.

• Home lawn questions answered

  Published on August 21, 2009
  Home lawn questions and answers

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  Chris Downes

  Subject Matter Expert, Codex Alimentarius
  

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  Michigan hop pest report week of June 20, 2024

  Published on June 20, 2024
  Michigan hopyards remain in a critical pest management period for key insect pests and diseases. Scout regularly and thoroughly.

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  Fabio G. Santeramo

  Adjunct Faculty
  santeram@msu.edu
  

• Forecasting insect activity by noting plant development and degree days

  Published on July 1, 2011
  Predict insect activity by watching plant development and checking the accumulation of degree days. Here’s how.

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  Michigan hop pest report week of June 6, 2024

  Published on June 7, 2024
  Michigan hopyards are in a critical pest management period for key insect pests and diseases. Scout regularly and thoroughly.

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  David Smitley

  Professor Emeritus
  smitley@msu.edu
  517-355-3385
  

• Tree, turf and ornamental plant update – June 15, 2017

  Published on June 16, 2017
  Dry conditions, leaf drop on maple, rose chafer and forest tent caterpillar are active. Scout for scale crawlers. Symptoms of fungal pathogens are showing up.

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  Rafaela Schinegger

  Adjunct Assistant Professor
  rafaela.schinegger@boku.ac.at
  

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  Vernon L. Sorenson

  Professor Emeritus
  

• West Michigan tree fruit update – June 6, 2017

  Published on June 6, 2017
  West Michigan growers are still waiting on June drop in apples.

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  An IPM Pocket Guide for Scouting Chestnuts E3362

  A pocket-sized guide for scouting pests and other problems in commercial chestnut plantings.

• Managing Japanese beetles in chestnuts for 2013

  Published on March 3, 2013
  The 2012 season saw high populations of Japanese beetles in some Michigan orchards and growers will need to prepare to combat this potentially damaging pest in the coming season.