https://www.ashleybleach.com/the-ruse daily 0.75 2021-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1599832969767-JKFJGSBGN6GN00DY55BY/20170626_132834.jpg Real world pest management - Harvesting watermelons in Indiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1634660147101-APTEUZUEV7ZDQZ0P52WO/graphical_abstract_pest_management.jpg Real world pest management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1537804311742-O1VXSBII0V1SFT8BPN47/20170626_132834.jpg Real world pest management One project I have worked extensively on for the past 4 years is the evaluation of tripartite IPM programs to control onion thrips in onion. One potential IPM tactic to reduce onion thrips in onion includes reducing rates of phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizer in onions grown on muck soil types. The picture above shows us out in the field applying a second application of nitrogen in early June. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1537814968560-FRT4UGC2XKSMGKB6HY96/20170626_132834.jpg Real world pest management - Sometimes less is more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1537303600990-20AW2JCG5UVMO0HI94Y4/20170626_132834.jpg Real world pest management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1537303638534-Z3HK6ZMBQBNN7WVWXAZW/20170626_132834.jpg Real world pest management - One of the IPM techniques we have evaluated to control onion thrips densities is reducing fertilizer rates applied to onion. We are applying nitrogen in a commercial onion field in Elba, NY (above). https://www.ashleybleach.com/work daily 0.75 2015-08-25 https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog daily 0.75 2023-05-26 https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/2023/5/26/osus-knowledge-exchange-covers-slf-and-ippm monthly 0.5 2023-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/2ed15d51-479d-4e1b-b1a8-22496fcbc490/podcast.JPG News and Papers - OSU's Knowledge Exchange covers SLF and IPPM! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/2023/5/26/article-features-recent-watermelon-research monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/22e67945-7b92-4b95-95c1-aa869593a751/article_2023.JPG News and Papers - Article in 'Civil Eats' features recent watermelon research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/2022/11/28/the-pest-management-teeter-totter-1 monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/c39cec47-ad02-41d7-9dfd-b1be9bf294dd/pollinator+pie_21_edited.png News and Papers - The pest management teeter totter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/2022/10/18/ippm-having-your-cake-and-eating-it-too monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/eecddc17-471d-4924-bedb-f2b1d37384fe/JAE_graphical+abstract.jpg News and Papers - IPPM: Having your cake and eating it too. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/c79d4c0a-f9fd-4291-a2cf-0f5f24b2b252/IPPM.JPG News and Papers - IPPM: Having your cake and eating it too. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/example-blog-post-one-sw7pd monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/c944942a-cba6-4d0c-b45d-a7c664b48c7a/adultgrid.jpg News and Papers - SLF living on the edge! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/5e9b5ad0-cd47-4ce6-8bc0-2f010a71615b/slf.JPG News and Papers - SLF living on the edge! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/example-blog-post-two-8nwsn monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1634062155137-T7FXE5E6W8PM95NYYYJD/slfweb.jpg News and Papers - When is SLF? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/bc65d1ac-cae5-41b1-8bc8-c22aba475c43/slfw.JPG News and Papers - When is SLF? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/example-blog-post-twelve-mzzb2 monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1634064121640-XEAKOAVR2D12K50YKN86/table.JPG News and Papers - When things don’t work out the way you expect - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/4d39d022-9ef6-4ef4-a59c-ec0412c6cb13/fert.JPG News and Papers - When things don’t work out the way you expect - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/example-blog-post-eleven-jhg5n monthly 0.5 2022-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1634234115832-7IL2FQVMISG07VESALEO/SLB.jpg News and Papers - The many talents of onion thrips - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/933c394e-bc0e-4e36-8639-d5eb670187a4/slb.JPG News and Papers - The many talents of onion thrips - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/example-blog-post-ten-bxapj monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1634304210422-MEII6FQJLLFOUBQ63LZ9/chap5fig1_IYSVshort_4_11.jpg News and Papers - When even the vector is not safe - Make it stand out This is my ‘no-duh’ graph since it shows that thrips that lived longer had more babies. But what’s important here is that we didn’t observe the vector status of the thrips impacting progeny (Phew!). Each data point represents a single mother and the total number of her progeny. No significant difference in progeny between these groups, but viruliferous thrips tended to live longer. (Relationship between an onion thrips mother’s lifespan and her total progeny (number offspring over lifespan) produced for mothers that were either viruliferous with iris yellow spot virus or were not viruliferous.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/8d8b2105-6644-483b-8a0b-1c7308fa0b5c/insectsci.JPG News and Papers - When even the vector is not safe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/example-blog-post-nine-x9736 monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1634306502122-G2ZVH33LEPVMPCMBTEEO/webirm.jpg News and Papers - What is ‘success’ when you’re an applied entomologist? - Make it stand out Adoption of insecticide resistance management tactics to manage onion thrips for growers who participated in our program over three years in New York. The average percentage of insecticide applications made using the action threshold of one thrips per leaf (above), and the percentage of insecticide applications rotating between insecticide classes (below). The scouting program was voluntary and growers could choose whether or not to follow the scouting recommendation of using the action threshold and rotating between insecticide classes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/d584d939-713d-49a2-8a3f-7931c697ce10/adoption.JPG News and Papers - What is ‘success’ when you’re an applied entomologist? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/example-blog-post-eight-a9bzs monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1634307919325-EE47OTV6EP6PLEIF7QIQ/thripsiysvincid.jpg News and Papers - IYSV Recipe= Thrips + Virus + Host + Environment - Make it stand out Mean (± SE) estimated number of viruliferous adult onion thrips early, middle and late in the growing season (June, July and August, respectively) within four habitat types (onion cull piles, transplanted onion fields, weedy areas, and direct-seeded onion fields) that may contribute to IYSV epidemics near Elba, NY in 2014 and 2015. In both years, sampling was initiated when onions were 1-4 leaves, and concluded with onion harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/29cf9efd-170b-4182-ae21-4126c15c7604/iysv.JPG News and Papers - IYSV Recipe= Thrips + Virus + Host + Environment - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ashleybleach.com/blog/example-blog-post-seven-7wabx monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1277d3c3a53aeea66d6d6/1634309578410-493VFLK8OMER0URLXK2O/chap1fig1.jpg News and Papers - IPM under construction - Make it stand out Figure 1: Mean densities of onion thrips during the season in onion cultivars with varying susceptibility to onion thrips, ‘Avalon’ (top), ‘Delgado’ (middle), and ‘Bradley’ (bottom) in 2015 and 2016. Densities of larvae are shown for plots that were either not treated with insecticides (control) or treated following either a standard or threshold-based insecticide program, whereas densities of adults are shown for plots pooled across all insecticide treatments. Studies were conducted in commercial fields near Elba, NY. Monitoring thrips densities began when onions had 4-5 leaves, and concluded near harvest. Standard and action threshold-based insecticide programs were initiated on 15 July 2015 and 5 July 2016. Insecticide applications were made weekly in the standard program and only when thrips densities were ≥1 larva/leaf in the action threshold program. 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