• Feb 4

  Honey Bee Brood Diseases and Varroa at Saginaw Valley Beekeepers Association Meeting

  February 4, 2025 7:00PM – 8:30PM The Valley Church, 3770 North Center Road, Saginaw, MI 48603

  Learn to distinguish between healthy and sick brood and to deal with of European Foulbrood, American Foulbrood, chalkbrood, and varroa mites.

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  West central Michigan tree fruit update – June 20, 2023

  Published on June 20, 2023
  Tart cherries are starting to turn red, and sweet cherry harvest is around the corner. Growers are hand thinning peaches and apples to maximize fruit size this season.

• West Michigan tree fruit update – June 13, 2017

  Published on June 13, 2017
  Hot weather requires irrigation for tree fruits.

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  Michigan chestnut scouting report for July 10, 2015

  Published on July 13, 2015
  Japanese beetles are emerging in southern and central Michigan and potato leafhopper populations are substantial.

• Archive | Field Crops

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  Erika Grasso

  University of Turin
  erika.grasso.e@gmail.com
  

• Causes and Consequences of Increasing Herbicide Use in Mali

  Published on June 2, 2017
  Haggblade, S., Smale, M., Kergna, A., Theriault, V. and Assima, A. 2017b. Causes and consequences of increasing herbicide use in Mali. European Journal of Development Research 29:648-674.

• The Herbicide Revolution in Developing Countries: Patterns, Causes and Implications

  Published on May 29, 2017
  Haggblade, S., Minten, B., Pray, C., Reardon, T. and Zilberman, D. 2017a. The herbicide revolution in developing countries: patterns, causes and implications. European Journal of Development Research 29:533-559.

• Composition and Age Structure of a Degraded Tallgrass Oak Savanna in Central Iowa

  Published on January 17, 2006
  Prior to European settlement, scattered, fire-tolerant trees, a dense herbaceous understory, and dynamic disturbance patterns, including fire and drought, characterized oak savannas. In the Midwest, only 0.02% remains, mostly as degraded, isolated fr...

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  When beige beetles with orange legs start to take over your garden this summer

  Published on June 20, 2024
  A high population of rose chafers can do serious damage to plants in the landscape.

• Estimating the potential of roadside vegetation for bioenergy production. Journal of Cleaner Production

  Published on June 25, 2015
  The Netherlands, like other European Union countries, is under intense pressure to increase its national share of energy from renewable sources in accordance with 2020 Kyoto Protocol obligations. Bioenergy in this context is especially interesting be...

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  Gulraiz Sufyan

  sufyangu@msu.edu
  

• Managing mites in apples

  Published on July 1, 2014
  European red mites are the predominant mite pest species of Michigan apples, and without biological control, miticides are often needed to prevent economic injury.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – June 4, 2019

  Published on June 4, 2019
  Blueberry bloom is ending. Raspberry bloom is underway.

• Michigan Cultivars | Chestnuts

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  Cesare Varallo

  Subject Matter Expert, Food Laws and Regulations in Latin America
  

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  Zach Huang and team publish Varroa mite chemical mimicry findings

  Published on June 4, 2015
  New research has revealed that Varroa mites, the most serious threat to honey bees worldwide, are infiltrating hives by smelling like bees.