University helps state growers cope with voracious, invading fruit fly

Finding new weapons, including biocontrols, against new invaders is stock-in-trade at the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and Division of Extension, Christelle Guédot says. “Sometimes, growers who confront a new insect or parasite might feel like they’re flying in the dark, but there are usually smart, effective ways to cope — but it might take some time to find them.”

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UW Changes Lives: Let your phone do the farming

Researchers at the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the School of Veterinary Medicine and the Division of Extension develop apps that record and process data in the barn or on the tractor. The apps streamline the acquisition and processing of data, and even help make diagnoses and decisions on the fly.

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