Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo Counties I think we are getting close to the end of the infection periods in these areas. There are a few drying up cups being reported but no new ones coming along. There were infection periods overnight from Monday, May 12 to Tuesday, May 13 at our Appleton weather station, staring […]
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I have ten weather stations deployed so far. I have had problems with a few stations and hope to get four more either back online and deployed shortly. AgriNET University of Maine Blueberry Disease Model Data Dashboard website The locations are Dresden Mills West Rockport Appleton Belfast Sedgwick North Ellsworth Eastbrook/Waltham Deblois (station down right […]
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Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties Conditions for a mummy berry infection period occurred at the Appleton from Monday, May 5 through to Tuesday, May 6 and at the West Rockport station from Tuesday at 1:20 p.m. to Wednesday morning. Infection periods were not seen in Dresden Mills or Belfast weather stations. The temperatures were too […]
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Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties There are mature cups producing spores in fields in these counties. There was an infection period in these counties from the evening of Saturday, May 3 through to Sunday, May 4 and some fields may have experienced a second infection period from Sunday, May 4 afternoon to overnight. Please see […]
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Lincoln, Knox, Waldo Counties Cups have been found in West Rockport, Liberty and Appleton this week. The fungus was likely producing spores in fields in these areas. We did have long enough leaf wetness for infection IF your plants were far enough along. Reports vary by the area of whether or not the plants were […]
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Knox, Lincoln, Waldo Counties Mummy berry cups have been found by growers in their fields in West Rockport and Liberty. Numerous cups and pinheads were seen in plots this weekend by these growers. The growers also report the plants in their fields were not open enough to be susceptible with the rain this weekend. Plants […]
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SWD trap captures in Washington County remained steady and similar to last week. At the University of Maine Blueberry Hill Farm, we continue to capture anywhere from one to thirty flies per trap; and the proportion of fruit that has SWD larvae appears to be very low (less than 1%) as we still have not […]
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SWD trap captures continue to build throughout the state. At the University of Maine Blueberry Hill Farm, we are now catching 10-30 flies/trap. Traps in other areas Downeast are now capturing 30+ flies/trap. These SWD continue to be mostly females; however, males appear to be making up a larger percentage than in previous weeks. The […]
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This summer appears to be a bit different than last year, the first year that we experienced SWD. It does appear that SWD is starting to build, evidence being multiple captures of two to seven flies/trap with a few males being captured. However, the buildup appears to be slow and there are still several fields […]
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Trap captures of spotted wing drosophila continue to occur throughout the state BUT appear to have jumped up a bit. There are still some fields that have not had trap captures and many have had just the one or two SWD. However, late last week in southern Maine, trap captures jumped quickly with one small […]
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