Show threadSarah ArnoldNov 12, 2025

On to Avice Hall, explaining how monitoring environmental conditions can reduce the number of powdery mildew sprays needed for strawberry dramatically (yes please!). We managed to get our mildew sprays down to approx. fortnightly this year, but I would love to cut them more if we can get away with it.

Interesting the role of silicon nutrient in cutting both powdery mildew and two-spotted spider-mite. Might need to try that myself, as TSSM is a nightmare, and anything to boost the biocontrol performance would be brilliant.

#AAB_IPPM #StrawberryPowderyMildew #IPPM #TwoSpottedSpiderMite #Biocontrol

Sarah ArnoldNov 12, 2025

Day 2 of #AAB_IPPM meeting and today is more entomological (but not entirely!). Lots of good talks on the schedule.

#IntegratedPestManagement #IPPM #SustainableAgriculture #HorticulturalEntomology

Sarah ArnoldSep 8, 2024

On my way up north (in a few stages) to #Ento24

I suspect I will be the only person in the Fediverse tooting about this, but would love to connect with other #entomology Mastodon-users if I am wrong!

Going to be speaking about landscapes, strawberry farms, bees, parasitoid wasps... #horticulture #pollinators #NaturalEnemies #IPPM

Show threadSarah ArnoldDec 17, 2022
Our new four-year project, collaborating with Kwame Nkrumah University of S&T (Ghana) Durham University (UK), Natural Resources Institute (UK) and funded by the Joint Research Fund (European cocoa industry donors), will be looking at some of these factors in #Ghana - manual #pollination of cocoa, environmental conditions needed by midges and other pollinators, and how to boost pollination on cocoa #farms without compromising pest management. #IPM #IPPM #SustainableCocoa #SustainableAgriculture