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2025 ARTICLES by Suzanne Wainwright

Navigating the Challenges of Shipping Beneficials

  • Feb 2025 Grower Talks. Beneficials, shipping, Beneficial Insectary, quality  

2024 ARTICLES by Suzanne Wainwright

Biosolutions Guide 2024

  • June 2024. Includes banker plants, lacewings, biopesticides, and more.

Planting for Biocontrol

  • May 2024 Link  How conservation biocontrol can help you keep pests at bay through thoughtful planting. 

2023 ARTICLES

Using Banker Plants & Associated Beneficials

  • Nov 2023 Link.  Metrolina Greenhouses has made a commitment to reduce their pesticide footprint on both their workers and the environment through the use of biological control. Their journey began with the introduction of commercially produced beneficial insects and mites, and later incorporating banker plant systems. 

Three Questions Suzanne Wainwright-Evans

  • Jan 2023 Link The owner of Buglady Consulting discusses broad mites, how to best deal with them and not skipping steps in the process. What parvispinus damage looks like. 

Biosolutions Guide 2023

  • June 2023  Link 

2020-21 Articles

Quick Guide To 10 of the Worst Greenhouse Pests

  •  March 2021 Link  The next time you’re faced with a pest problem in the greenhouse, use this tool to identify the pest correctly and find help when you have questions. 

Best Practices for Biocontrols, Part 5

  • June 2021 Link Previous articles in this series have described how to prepare for, receive and store a shipment of biocontrol agents (BCAs), how to release predatory mites, how to release parasitoid wasps, and how to use insect-killing nematodes. This article describes how to release some other commonly used BCAs, including the minute pirate bug Orius insidiosus, the aphid predatory midge Aphidoletes aphidimyza, and green lacewing larvae Chrysopa spp.  

Best Practices for Biocontrols, Part 4

  • May 2021 Link  Growers who are interested in using biological controls are encouraged to begin by using beneficial nematodes to manage fungus gnat larvae and Western flower thrips pupae. Beneficial nematodes are relatively easy to use and are applied similarly to conventional pesticides with some special precautions listed in this article. 

Best Practices for Biocontrols, Part 3

  • April 2021 Link   Tiny parasitic wasps can provide effective biocontrol of some of your worst greenhouse pests. These wasps, which will not sting or harm people in any way, will fly or crawl through your plants to search for aphids or whiteflies. Typically, the female wasp will penetrate these pests with her egg-laying ovipositor and lay an egg beneath or inside (depending on the species). The egg will hatch into a wasp larva, eating the aphid or whitefly nymph from the inside out, killing the nymph. They’ll pupate inside the host insect and emerge as a wasp that will then search for more hosts.  

Best Practices for Biocontrols, Part 2. Release the Beasts

  •  March 2021 Link. Learn about the commercially available predatory mites species.  Neoseiulus cucumeris, N. californicus, Amblyseius swirskii, A. andersoni and Phytoseiulus persimilis 

Best Practices for Biocontrols, Part 1

  •   Feb 2021 Link. Learn the first steps on how to start purchasing biological control agents.  

Key Insects to Monitor in Greenhouse Hemp

  •   Oct 2020 Link

Cannabis sativa as a Host of Rice Root Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in North America

  •   July 2020 Link 

Rice Root Aphid: An Insect Surprise on Indoor-Grown Cannabis

  • Aug 2020 Entomology Today Link

Early Intervention Key to Cannabis Pest Control

  • May 2020 Greenhouse Canada. Vigilance needed for control options to be effective Link

The Top Pests to Watch for in Your Cannabis Crop

  • Feb  2020 Greenhouse Growers Link 

BioControl in the Greenhouse: 4 Questions with Suzanne Wainwright Evans

  •  Feb 2020 Greenhouse Grower Link

Tips on Scouting from Metrolina Greenhouses

  •  Dec 2019 HortiBiz Link

Funky Pests: Unusual aphids

  •  July 2019 Greenhouse Management Link 

Don’t Miss Opportunities to Market Your Biocontrol Program

  •  Jan 2018 Greenhouse Grower Link 

Take Control of Mites in Cannabis Crops

  •  Oct 2017 Greenhouse Grower Link

Quality Control With Biocontrols

  •  Jan 2015 Greenhouse Grower Link

How to Identify and Manage Spider Mites

  • NewPro Containers Link

Understand the reality vs. myths regarding biological control costs

  • Aug 2011 Nursery Management.  Understand the reality vs. myths regarding biological control costs.  Link

Plant Health: Aphids

  •  June 2011 Nursery Management.  Link

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

  • June 2011 Nursery Management.  This pest has jumped from a residential nuisance to a grower problem.  Link

Beneficial Insects

  • Nov 2011 Greenhouse Management.  Get the scoop on insectaries from around the world.  Link

Solid Pest Management Starts with Propagation

  • Oct 2010 Nursery Management.  When it comes to pest management, the best place to start your program is from the beginning, so start with propagation. Link

A Pest Management Glossary for Growers

  • Aug 2010  Nursery Management. With pest management rapidly advancing, more terms and technical words are being thrown at the industry. Here are some key terms being used today in conjunction with pest management. 

Pest Identification

  •  June 2010  Nursery Management.  Don’t confuse pests with beneficials, or it could cost you. Link

Beneficial Breakthrough

  • May 2010  Nursery Management. After a successful trial, the Conard-Pyle Co. plans to implement more beneficial insect releases. Link

Where do Beneficials Come From?

  • April 2010  Nursery Management. Suzanne Wainwright-Evans provides a primer to the beneficials industry. Link

Knowing The Origin of Pests Helps With Proper Control

  • March 2010  Nursery Management.  No matter what you do, they always seem to come back - pests that want to feed on your crops. Link

Effectively Integrating Biocontrol Agents into Pest Management

  • Jan 2010 OFA Bulletin. Link

Some Simple Steps Can Shave Costs From Your Pesticide Program

  • Dec 2009 Nursery Management.  While we may not all agree on how to manage insect problems, we can all agree that reducing pesticide use is a good thing. Link

Hunter Flies May Be Small, but They Have a Big Appetite

  • Oct 2009 Nursery Management. Most growers do not really think of flies as their friends because they are dealing with pests like fungus gnats, shore flies and leafminers. Hunter Flies, Coenosia attenuata.  Link

Speed Scouting can Save Your Crops

  • Aug 2008 Nursery Management.  Scouting is like flossing your teeth. You know you should do it because in the long run it will save you money, but you get busy, make excuses and don’t get it done. I’m going to give you some hints to help speed up the scouting process (yet still be effective).  Link

Before You Treat, See The 'Hole' Picture

  • June 2008 Nursery Management. It is easy for growers to recognize that there are insects on their crops. Scouting for insect pests is important, but before you mix up your spray tank, don’t forget to make sure your pests are still alive. One of the key indicators that a spray may not be needed is exit holes in the host. Finding these little exit holes can save you time and money as well as conserve your good bugs. Link

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