Skip to main content
ARS Home » Midwest Area » Madison, Wisconsin » Vegetable Crops Research » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #326263
Title: A synthesis of recent research regarding the spring flood in Wisconsin: Knowns and unknowns

Author
item VAN ZOEREN, JANET - University Of Wisconsin
item Steffan, Shawn

Submitted to: Wisconsin Cranberry School
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/21/2016
Publication Date: 1/21/2016
Citation: Van Zoeren, J., Steffan, S.A. 2016. A synthesis of recent research regarding the spring flood in Wisconsin: Knowns and unknowns. Wisconsin Cranberry School. Paper No. 11.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Approximately half of Wisconsin’s cranberry growers replace a spring insecticide application with a 1- to 2-day spring flood. Despite the potential for this flood to be a highly cost-effective alternative to chemical insect controls, growers need to know whether the flood can reduce pest pressure without causing damage to the cranberry plant. Over the past five years, research in the Steffan Lab has addressed these concerns, specifically looking at: 1, the efficacy of flooding at suppressing key cranberry pests, 2, the effects of flood waters on the cranberry plant’s physiology, and 3, the mechanism through which flooding reduces pest moth populations.