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Dr.  Anna Wallingford is an entomologist and State Specialist at the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. With more than 15 years of experience studying pest insects and diseases affecting several fruit, vegetable, and ornamental commodities through out the country, she works with colleagues and agricultural producers to implement strategies for sustainable management of crop pests.

Anna Wallingford


    • Dec 3, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 29 EPISODES


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    008 Plum Curculio (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 18:39


    Anna discusses a century of plum curculio research with Doug Pfeiffer (Virginia Tech) and Anne Nielsen (Rutgers University), and how sweet we have in up here in New England compared to more southern regions.

    029 SWD & Yeasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 21:51


    Anna talks about the finer points of monitoring and control of spotted wing drosophila with Kelly Hamby of the University of Maryland and Cesar Rodriguez-Saona at Rutgers University.

    028 COVID Cleaners

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 17:00


    Get to know the difference between sanitizers and disinfectants and how to use them with this special interview with UNH Extension's Heather Bryant and Mary Saucier Choate.

    027 Setting the stage for classical biological control of BMSB (part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 14:59


    Anna chats with newly minted PhD Nicole Quinn (previously Virginia Tech, now USDA-ARS) about her work studying BMSB dispersal and the dispersal of its natural enemy, samurai wasp.

    026 Integrated Control Of BMSB (part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 19:20


    If 2020 wasn't bad enough already, the stars seem to be aligning for New Hampshire's first BMSB outbreak in fall-harvested fruit crops. Anna takes a break from stopping people on the street to warn them and talks to some BMSB experts in this multi-part series on monitoring and control of this invasive stinker.

    025 What Cucumber Beetles Want

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 14:42


    Anna dives deep into what we know about cucumber beetle behavior and chats with Simon Zebulo (UMD Eastern Shore) about how to make the most of that knowledge in organically-produced watermelon.

    024 Predicting BMSB Outbreaks (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 16:57


    If 2020 wasn't bad enough already, the stars seem to be aligning for New Hampshire's first BMSB outbreak in fall-harvested fruit crops. Anna takes a break from stopping people on the street to warn them and talks to some BMSB experts in this multi-part series on monitoring and control of this invasive stinker.

    023 Corn Earworm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 15:33


    Anna catches up with George Hamilton (UNH) about sweet corn monitoring in New Hampshire and touches base with Tom Kuhar (Virginia Tech) about the current state of affairs in sweet corn IPM.

    022 SWD Monitoring

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 24:00


    Anna reports on her conclusions from a summer project funded by the New Hampshire Department of Ag & Markets IPM Program and catches up with some old friends from Cornell, Juliet Carroll of NYIPM, and Steve Hesler of the Loeb Lab at Cornell's AgriTech campus. Monitoring SWD stinks, both literally and figuratively, but Julie and Steve will help convince you that it's an important part of managing small fruit crops.

    021 Seed Treatments In Field Crops

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 13:10


    Anna gets philosophical with Dr. Kelly Hamby of the University of Maryland and asks: Are seed treatments really IPM?

    020 Mummyberry And Pollinator Protection

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 24:19


    Anna seeks the help of her neighborhood plant pathology experts, directors of the plant diagnostic clinics at UVM & UNH Ann Hazelrigg of UVM & Cheryl Smith of UNH, to break down IPM of mummyberry, a fungal disease affecting blueberry. Things get complicated as we attempt to integrate pollinator protection into our theoretical IPM program. There is a silver lining in the potential solution, a little help from work done by Rufus Isaacs, MSU. https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/disandpath/fungalasco/pdlessons/Pages/MummyBerry.aspx https://pollinator.cals.cornell.edu/resources/ https://extension.unh.edu/resource/wildflower-meadows-plant-selection-and-establishment

    019 Onion Thrips And Bacterial Rot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 18:22


    Anna discusses the state onion IPM with Dr. Ashley Leach (previously Cornell AgriTech, now Purdue University), and how resistant cultivars, fertility, and chemical controls integrate to protect high quality onion crops.

    018 Codling Moth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 16:21


    Anna talks codling moth management with Peter Jentsch from the Hudson Valley Research Lab and they get down to the straight dope on what to do and when to do it.

    017 Potting Mix Malady

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 13:45


    Anna jumps into spring covering basics of soil structure and problems with compost-based potting mixes with University of Rhode Island's Andy Radin.

    016 BMSB Freakout (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 15:12


    Brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB) is an invasive insect species that is a major agricultural pests in many parts of the US but only occurs at low numbers in New Hampshire. Anna wants to know if BMSB problems are in our future and when we should freak out? She asks for some advice from Rob Morison (USDA-ARS), Daniel Frank (WVU), and Anne Nielsen (Rutgers). Spoiler alert: the answer is not yet…

    015 SWD And Blueberry Maggot

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 12:49


    : Anna discusses the current situation with flies laying their eggs in blueberries with wild blueberry extension specialist, Lily Calderwood of UMaine.

    014 Striped Cucumber Beetle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 14:00


    Anna wonders aloud if we are currently in a golden age of striped cucumber beetle research and finds out about what's going on down in South Carolina in the Blubaugh lab of Clemson University.

    013 Potato Leafhopper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 12:30


    Anna chats with hops IPM expert, Lily Calderwood of UMaine, about potato leafhopper and it's likes and dislikes.

    012 Thresholds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 17:40


    Anna dwells on the concept of acceptable levels of pests and talks to PhD student, Kadie Britt of Virginia Tech, about establishing pest thresholds in a new crop, industrial hemp.

    011 Fireblight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2019 17:48


    Anna chats with PhD candidate, Matt Boucher of Cornell University, and IPM expert extraordinaire, Kathleen Leahy of Polaris Orchard IPM, about who is to blame for spreading the causal agent of fireblight in apple.

    010 Peach Tree Borer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 15:42


    Anna talks with fellow clearwing moth enthusiast, Dr. Daniel Frank of West Virginia University, about non-toxic management options for peach tree borers.

    009 Colorado Potato Beetle (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 16:45


    Anna covers the basics of Colorado potato beetle IPM with the one you want to ask, Andrei Alyokhin of University of Maine.

    007 Vegetable IPM - PAR For Leek Moth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 15:45


    Anna gets into Participatory Action Research (PAR) with Vic Izzo and Scott Lewins from the University of Vermont. They discuss an ongoing PAR project investigating IPM solutions for the invasive leek moth, which is not a pest in New Hampshire…yet.

    006 Wild Blueberries And Their Wild Pollinators

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 14:38


    Anna takes a break from murder and mayhem to chat with pollinator biologist, Frank Drummond of the University of Maine, about a native crop and a native pollinator complex.

    005 Intro to IPM - What Is A Pest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 13:02


    Anna waxes philosophical about good guys and bad guys. Things get confusing when she discusses earwigs with Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffries of USDA-ARS about the status of earwigs in western tree fruit.

    004 Onion Maggot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 16:37


    Anna celebrates Mother's Day by covering the history of cabbage maggot research, and our efforts to interfere with onion maggot maternal choice. She chats with follow entomologist, Brian Nault of Cornell University, about the current state of commercial onion maggot IPM.

    003 Winter Moth And Other Sporadic Pests

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 15:40


    The “winter moth” is an invasive geometrid moth from Europe, first introduced to North America in Nova Scotia in the 1930s. Winter moth spread to various parts of the US and was first reported in New England states in the '90s. This episode explores the biology and control methods for this pest of fruit trees.

    002 Intro To IPM - Identify & Monitor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 12:07


    We continue the philosophical discussion on integrated pest management(IPM) and cover the first steps in IPM: identifying the pest and monitoring it.

    001 Intro To IPM - What Is IPM

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 19:48


    This first episode explores the philosophy of integrated pest management (IPM) and includes definitions from many entomologists from across the country.

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