Blueberry gall midge : a possible new pest in the Northwest : identification, life cycle, and plant injury

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Alternative Title	EM 8889
Creator	Yang, Wei Qiang Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract	In the blueberry production regions of Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi, blueberry gall midge is a serious insect pest that affects rabbiteye and southern highbush blueberries, causing substantial yield loss by damaging flower buds. The midge is present from the southeastern to the northern United States, where it feeds on vegetative buds of blueberry and cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton). The gall midge Dasineura oxycoccana (Johnson) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) was identifi ed as a pest in rabbiteye blueberries (Vaccinium ashei Reade) in the southeastern United States in the early 1990s. In 2004, Dr. Blair Sampson of USDA confirmed that the blueberry gall midges collected in blueberry fields in Oregon and Washington were D. oxycoccana. Published May 2005. Reviewed March 2012. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type	Technical Report
Date Available	2011-03-04T16:05:01+00:00
Date Issued	2005-05
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Extension Service
Series	EM (Oregon State University. Extension Service)
Subject	Blueberries -- Diseases and pests
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Corvallis, Or. : Extension Service, Oregon State University
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/20386

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