Scaffolds Season 2, Episode 1 is up! We discuss dormant oils, how to select a biofix, reducing early season inoculum, and current apple scab risks as well as our routine phenology updates this time including Kelsey Tobin ! Anna Wallis Fruit Pathology podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaff…

Surprise! Your favorite #Apples likely trace back to just 5 ancestral varieties. #GeneticDiversity

we closed those rings today 😤😤

all systems go in the apple world !! excited for field season (& the mcdonalds diet cokes that will fuel it Monique Rivera)

the most beautiful lab to ever exist

🚨 new paper! 🚨 a comprehensive study comparing 4 trap designs for ambrosia beetles in apple and pecan orchards in the eastern US Monique Rivera Sandra Lizárraga academic.oup.com/jee/advance-ar…

whole trees pulled from an orchard in the lab 😳 looking for ambrosia beetles with Kelsey Tobin and Sandra Lizárraga !

new scaffolds is up! on this one, i talk to Kelsey Tobin about ambrosia beetles, Fruit Pathology talks leaf spot diseases and Anna Wallis gives us the state of the state update! open.spotify.com/episode/0kFD7k…

we made it to harvest!!!

feeling super privileged and grateful to be attending #icekyoto2024 with 2/3rds of my lab Sandra Lizárraga and Kelsey Tobin !!! and we’ve all landed (on separate planes)! it will be an unforgettable trip!

Kelsey, Monique, and Sandra in Arashiyama 🇯🇵

the crew rolled deep to kyoto !!

this is what happens when you walk 20k+ steps every day for a week sight seeing in kyoto !! rip time for a new pair ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ International Congress of Entomology 2024 Kyoto JP Monique Rivera Sandra Lizárraga

New lab paper by Kelsey Tobin in collaboration with Dr. Brian Lovett's group! We found another species of ambrosia beetle (A. maiche) attacking apple! Check it out here: mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

there is ONE correct answer here 🤪

see you all there !!

first stop 🤣 #EntSoc24

Be sure to stop by our ESA symposium TODAY from 8:00am-11:00am, Room 122 A!! We have an excellent lineup of speakers!! @OliviaBernauer Esther Ngumbi Kelsey Tobin @PhytoAriel Dr. Xavier Martini - Entomologist Haley Carter

influenced to join bluesky 🤪

Our latest paper is out!: We tested a push-pull strategy using verbenone to repel (push) and ethanol to attract (pull) invasive ambrosia beetles in apple orchards. Results show verbenone alone can reduce beetle migration into orchards when populations are comparatively low but