Videos and Recorded Webinars about Organic Spotted Wing Drosophila Management

2024 Webinar: Recent Advances in Organic Pest Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila. This webinar focuses on on recent efforts to release the classical biological control agent Ganaspis brasiliensis at organic sites. Presented by Dr. Jana Lee (USDA ARS), Dr. Kent Daane (UC Berkeley), Dr. Philip Fanning (UMaine) and Dr. Ash Sial (UGA).

Ganaspis brasiliensis larvae feeding inside Spotted Wing Drosophila pupae, by Fabrizio Lisi.

Organic Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila 2021 Webinar

Spotted Wing Drosophila trap making. Produced by Ashfaq Ahmad, University of Georgia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hVOn5SHqKgI

Sampling Blueberries for SWD Using Sugar Solution. Produced by Ashfaq Ahmad, University of Georgia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZAb24LEFogg

Sampling Blueberries for SWD Using Salt Solution. Produced by Ashfaq Ahmad, University of Georgia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2u6OeoLVNeo

Sampling blueberries for SWD using boiling method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak0eMjjndpI

Webinar: Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila using Organic Strategies: February 1, 2017, by Ash Sial, UGA; Dalila Rendon and Vaughn Walton, OSU; Mary Rogers, UMN; Matthew Grieshop, Philip Fanning and Harit Bal, Michigan State University.

Webinar from February 27, 2018: Organic Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila, by Ash Sial and Craig Roubos of UGA, Matt Grieshop of Michigan State University, and Andrew Petran of the University of Minnesota.

Webinar from March 4, 2020: Organic Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila. Research update on behavioral, cultural, biological, and chemical tactics to manage SWD. Presented by Ash Sial and Craig Roubos of the University of Georgia, Elena Rhodes, University of Florida, Kelly Hamby, University of Maryland, Kent Daane, UC Berkeley.