OSU researcher shares two new products showing promise in fighting spotted wing drosophila (International Article)

Spotted wing drosophila’s fearsome superpower lies in the fruit flies’ ability to lay eggs in intact cherries, berries and other soft fruits, long before their native cousins. So, when Oregon State University horticulturist Clive Kaiser developed a protective coating that reduced cracking in cherries, his colleagues in the entomology program wanted to see if the coating could cut into SWD damage.

It didn’t.

The coating struck out again when researchers in California wanted to see if it could reduce water use in almonds.

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