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Research Project: Advanced Production and Automation Systems for Temperate Fruit Crops Through Discovery and Integration

Location: Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement, and Protection

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Evaluation of deployment strategies for attracticidal spheres for management of the invasive Drosophila suzukii in conventional and organic small fruit production systems Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Leskey, T.C., Bal, H., Carper Jr, G.L., Cullum, J.P., Elsensohn, J., Grieshop, M., Hernandez-Cumplido, J., Hott, C.F., Lee, J.C., Nielsen, A., Nixon, L., Rice, K., Rodriguez-Saona, C., Roubos, C., Rugh, A.D., Short, B., Sial, A., Bastos Silva, D. 2026. Evaluation of deployment strategies for attracticidal spheres for management of the invasive Drosophila suzukii in conventional and organic small fruit production systems. Environmental Entomology. 55(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvag047.

Effect of fruit on floral gene expression and floral intensity in alternate bearing ‘Nules Clementine’ and ‘Pixie’ mandarin Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Tang, L., Lovatt, C. 2026. Effect of fruit on floral gene expression and floral intensity in alternate bearing ‘Nules Clementine’ and ‘Pixie’ mandarin. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 151(3):272-282. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05545-25.

Assessing Eastern U.S. Tree Fruit Growers’ Pest Issues, Practices, and Preferences to Inform Effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Communication Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lamm, A., Ajiferuke, O., Byrd, A., Blaauw, B., Lee, C., Rivera, M., Schoof, S., Walgenbach, J., Nielsen, A., Wilson, J., Guedot, C., Digiacomo, G., Pinero, J., Biddinger, D., Krawczyk, G., Leskey, T.C. 2026. Assessing Eastern U.S. Tree Fruit Growers’ Pest Issues, Practices, and Preferences to Inform Effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Communication. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmag010.

Observations of adult Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), behavior on Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Nixon, L., Barnes, C.J., Elsensohn, J., Bierer, A.M., Tabb, A., Leskey, T.C. 2026. Observations of adult Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), behavior on Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saag004.

A method to robotically simulate supply chain damage in pear Reprint Icon - (Database / Dataset)
Tabb, A., Wolford, S.D., Gottschalk, C.C. 2025. A method to robotically simulate supply chain damage in pear. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17162379.

Apple rootstock response to threshold water management during six weeks of progressing drought Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Bierer, A.M., Tang, L., Viands, K.E., Wolcott, C. 2026. Apple rootstock response to threshold water management during six weeks of progressing drought. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 151(1):38-49. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05526-25.