Thrips/TSWV Merced

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2025 5th Report

June 6, 2025
By Neil McRoberts
General Situation Despite relatively high thrips counts in some areas, TSWV incidence remains low generally.  Planting finally wrapped up in the last couple of weeks and younger crops will remain susceptible to economic damage until fruit set.  Temperatures over the next 10 days are set to hover in…
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2025 fourth report

May 23, 2025
By Neil McRoberts
May 23, 2025 UpdateGeneral Situation: Daily high temperatures will be sitting between the mid 80s and 100F over the next 10 days.  These are good conditions for thrips development, but sustained highs close to 100F may slow population growth down a little.Thrips development: Generation 3…
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2025 Third report

May 2, 2025
By Neil McRoberts
General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and low 90s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. Thrips development: Generation 2 adults are peaking right now.  Generation 3 will be developing on plants this…
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2025 Second Report

April 21, 2025
By Neil McRoberts
General background: We are a little slow getting off the mark with our updates this year.  The UC ANR web platform was changed in the last month and we're having some issues migrating the old website and blogs over to the new platform.  In the meantime we're using this web hosting platform…
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2024 Second Report

April 30, 2024
General outlook After a brief spike in temperatures over the last few days, with highs in the low to middle 80s F, a more unsettled and cooler pattern will return for the coming week, including a chance of localized rain showers on Saturday.
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