• Codling moth

  The adult's forewings are striped with fine brown-gray lines and a distinctive bronze to brown-black oval spot at the tip. Eggs are laid on the leaves or fruit.

• Cherry fruitworm

  The adult is a small, brownish gray moth with a median gray band on the forewings and a dark spot at the base of the hind wings. Although whitish gray with a black head when young, the larva eventually becomes pink tinted, with a brownish tan head.

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  Paul Allen

  Subject Matter Expert, International Food Laws and Regulations
  

• Oriental fruit moth

  The adult is a small moth with dark gray mottled wings that lighten somewhat at the outer edges. The larva is dirty white to pinkish with a reddish brown head and an anal comb.

• East Michigan fruit regional report – June 28, 2016

  Published on June 28, 2016
  Soils are very dry, creating drought stress in tree and small fruits. Strawberry harvest has finished in southern parts of our region, and sweet and tart cherry and summer red raspberry harvest is getting underway.

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  How to choose and when to apply grub control products for your lawn

  Published on May 22, 2020
  Not all the grub control products on store shelves will be effective this spring. Here’s how to choose and use the right one for your lawn.

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  Michigan chestnut crop report for the week of June 22, 2022

  Published on June 24, 2022
  Pollen shed is underway in much of the state.

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  Nicole Coutrelis

  Subject Matter Expert, International Food Laws and Regulations
  

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  Michigan insects in the garden – Week 11: Five-banded thynnid wasp

  Published on August 20, 2020
  A black and yellow wasp you’d be glad to see at your picnics this summer.

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  Charles Cockbill

  Guest Instructor
  

• International Food Laws and Regulations

  This course surveys the food laws and regulations of a variety of countries and regions. After an overview of general concepts in global food regulation and the international food safety agencies, the course compares and contrasts the similarities and differences in food law and regulations around the world. This course gives the student a better understanding of the issues involved in the regulation of foods and food products on a national and global level.

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  Michigan hop update – June 14, 2018

  Published on June 13, 2018
  Growers around the state are pushing water and nutrients to quickly-growing bines. Leafhopper numbers are building and rose chafer adults have begun emerging and feeding.

• Patching up lawns

  Published on April 18, 2008
  

• Dead patches in lawns or golf course roughs may be from grubs

  Published on April 25, 2013
  Watch for dead patches in lawns that grow larger over the next three weeks. Learn how to prevent grub and skunk problems in the future.

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  Raymond O'Rourke

  Subject Matter Expert, Food Laws and Regulations in the European Union
  

• Rose chafers are out and hungry

  Published on June 20, 2008
  

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  MSU receives funds from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme to conduct eMOTIONAL Cities research

  Published on July 14, 2021
  SPDC faculty leads effort on a project to improve health and well-being through the design of urban spaces, with a team of four MSU faculty representing the U.S. component of an international consortium

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  Dietrich Gorny

  Guest Instructor, Food Laws and Regulations in the European Union
  

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  What are the alternatives to grub control insecticides?

  Published on April 1, 2014
  A garden center owner asks about alternatives to standard grub control insecticides. Here’s a review of products and best practices.

• Pine and rose chafers are active in Christmas tree fields

  Published on June 27, 2013
  Pine and rose chafers are now appearing. Feeding causes broken, green and brown needles, leaving the trees looking ragged in appearance.