Fire Blight Model Turned Off June 21 – August 20

Wednesday Jun 15, 2022

The Fire Blight (CougarBlight) model is a blossom infection model and intended for use during moderate temperatures (50-86°F) that usually occur during spring and early summer and when flowers are open. This blossom infection model attempts...

Monitoring Codling Moth Damage

Friday Jun 10, 2022

Monitoring codling moth at the end of each generation gives a good indication of the success of your management program and where in the orchard damage occurs. The sampling protocol for the Taiwan protocol can give you good accuracy and is simple to implement. Banding trees can serve as monitoring and control technique.

How Does Codling Moth Mating Disruption Work?

Friday Jun 10, 2022

Mating disruption dispensers work by releasing synthetic pheromone which prevents or delays males from finding females, thus reducing the reproductive rate of the population. Now is the time to decide which dispensers to place in the orchard so you have enough time for ordering and to organize your work force.

NEW! How To page on DAS

Thursday Apr 07, 2022

Introducing a new feature of the DAS website! We have added a “How To” page featuring videos showing how to register for DAS, subscribe to weather stations, use the many different models a...

Increasing price

Friday Mar 06, 2020

In order to continue to function, the WSU-DAS group has decided they must raise user rates