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Leader: Jonathan Wisbeski, IPM Coordinator Orange County CCE.
Cooperators: Rose Baglia, Extension Educator Orange County CCE
Gary Couch, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, Hudson Valley
Type of Grant: Monitoring, forecasting, and economic
thresholds.
Project location: Ulster County. This information
could be used throughout the Northeast.
Abstract: Fungus gnats (Bradysia corophila and Bradsysia impatiens) are of great importance to greenhouse growers.
Larvae may feed on roots or root hairs of young plants. This can lead
to stunting or even death in young plants. It can also create a means
by which pathogens can enter the plant. Adult Fungus gnats can possibly
carry plant pathogens and possibly infect older plants. Potato wedges
were used in an attempt to detect the early presence of Fungus Gnats
in the greenhouses.
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