Research examines Spotted Wing Drosophila
americanfarm.com, 6/1/2014
When Spotted Wing Drosophila became a problem in New Jersey blueberry fields two years ago, Bobby Galletta of Atlantic Blueberry Company
was ready to defend his crop from the destructive vinegar fly that lays its eggs in ripening fruit..."There are only five classes of insecticides that
work well against SWD," according to Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, an entomologist with Rutgers University's Philip E. Marucci Center for
Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension in Chatsworth. "So, we are recommending that growers rotate insecticides with different
modes of action in their spray schedule so that the insect does not develop resistance to any one class of insecticide."
Hot NJ Weather: Is This a Heat Wave? [AUDIO]
NJ1015.com, 6/17/2014
Tuesday was the third day this season that some areas of New Jersey hit 90 degrees, but state climatologist David Robinson of Rutgers
University said that’s actually a little late to be seeing widespread readings in the 90's for the first time.
Summer sizzle: Hot, humid conditions, severe thunderstorms forecast for NJ
NJ.com, 6/17/2014
It’s coming a few days early, but New Jersey is forecast to receive its first bout of summertime weather in the next several days, with temperatures
peaking over 90 degrees for the first time this year, high humidity and multiple chances for severe weather all in the cards for the Garden
State...While it is fairly late in the year, by recent standards, for the state to be hitting 90 degrees for the first time, it is not unusual, according to
David Robinson, the state climatologist at Rutgers University. And while New Jersey has been treated to a pleasant and at times cool end to
spring, Robinson said this does not portend a cooler than average summer.
How hot is it? The air in NJ might be dangerous
DailyRecord.com, 6/17/2014
Looking forward to sultry, summer-like weather? Heat has been rare so far this spring in New Jersey. But the mercury, accompanied by
uncomfortable humidity, is expected to climb into the 90s in parts of the state today and most areas Wednesday, according to experts...David A.
Robinson, the New Jersey state climatologist at Rutgers University, said "everyone thinks it's been so chilly and it really hasn't. I don't know if
it's an absence of an early season heat wave or people are still reeling from a winter that was severe and took a while to end in March. Again, (it's)
probably a combination of both."
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