Washington Alfalfa/Alfalfa Seed Facts
Current IPM priority issues
- management of Lygus bug (the #1 alfalfa seed pest)
- management of other arthropod pests including aphids
- protecting specialty pollinators crucial for seed set
- monitoring for pest resistance to insecticides, miticides, fungicides, and herbicides
Contact
Doug Walsh is the research director of the Environmental and Agricultural Entomology Laboratory in the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center and leads WSU’s alfalfa seed IPM program