Author Archives: yfanslow

Yolanda was interviewed by Mitch Wertlieb of Vermont Public Radio (VPR) last Friday morning about current our research efforts to manage the invasive swede midge. We need your support to develop solutions for managing this pest. To directly support us, … Continue reading →

IAEL Ph. D. student Elisabeth Hodgdon just won a NE SARE Graduate Student grant for her proposal titled, “Development of an effective and economical pheromone mating disruption system for swede midge”. NE SARE gives out nice cushy awards of $15 … Continue reading →

Glenna Malcolm at Penn State University and I have just published a case study for ecological thinking from my previous work on sunflower domestication and tritrophic interaction. The study can be found at NSF’s National Center for Case Study Teaching … Continue reading →

Vic is joining Plant and Soil Science at UVM as a Full-time Lecturer! The department is very lucky to have some who is has such a passion for teaching and student mentoring. I am very pleased that we have been … Continue reading →

Swede midge is an insect pest that has recently caused up to 100% losses of organic broccoli in New York and Vermont. The midge is an invasive pest that also attacks a wide range of other crops in the Brassicaceae … Continue reading →