What does it take to keep fruit
healthy?
Fruit growers are constantly encountering new invasive species and
disease that threaten the health of the numerous orchards that dot the South
Mountain area. David Biddinger, biocontrol specialist and researcher at the PSU
Fruit Research and Extension Center, will discuss some of these challenges. The
brown marmorated stink bug has caused considerable crop losses for fruit
growers, and populations of native pollinators have experienced massive
declines.
Find out how scientists and growers combat these threats to the South
Mountain fruit belt, and learn more about research programs during a tour of
the Fruit Research and Extension Center’s grounds in Biglerville, Adams County.
