Optimizing Blackberry Pest Management: The Impact of RCA Trellising and Spray Coverage

06/21/24 • 20 min

In this episode of Arkansas Food, Farms and Forests, we discuss a study on the interaction of trellising type and spray coverage in blackberries.

Aaron Cato, an extension specialist in the horticulture department focusing on integrated pest management, shared details about his latest research and related studies that looked at the impact of the rotating cross-arm trellis on pest management in blackberries focusing on the spotted wing drosophila infestation.

The research found that the RCA trellis provided better pest control than the traditional t-trellis. The data also revealed insights into the effects of microclimate on pest infestation and emphasized the need for cultural controls alongside insecticides.
Read the Research: Impact of trellising on spray coverage and spotted-wing drosophila infestation: comparing the rotating cross-arm trellis to the T-trellis

Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural Food Life Science
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station

Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

U of A System Division of Agriculture

06/21/24 • 20 min

Food, Farms and Forests - Optimizing Blackberry Pest Management: The Impact of RCA Trellising and Spray Coverage

Transcript

[00:00] Intro/Outro

Welcome to the Arkansas Food, Farms and Forests Podcast, the podcast bringing you the latest on food, fiber and forestry research from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. The research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.

[00:18] Jenifer:

Welcome to Food, Farms and Forests. I'm Jenifer Fouch. Today we are discussing the interaction of trellising type and spray coverage in blackberry.

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