{"id":2409,"date":"2025-05-05T11:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:03:01","slug":"exploring-grape-growers-challenges-with-spotted-lanternfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/2025\/05\/exploring-grape-growers-challenges-with-spotted-lanternfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Grape Growers Challenges with Spotted Lanternfly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/people\/alexa-j-lamm\/\" data-type=\"caes-people\" data-id=\"38\">Dr. Alexa Lamm<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/people\/dennis-baffour-awuah\/\" data-type=\"caes-people\" data-id=\"2329\"> Dennis Baffour-Awuah<\/a> spent 4 days in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York speaking with wine grape growers and extension specialists. During this time they conducted interviews to discern growers&#8217; past, current and perceived future problems with the invasive species, the Spotted Lanternfly, which first appeared in the US in 2015 and has dramatically impacted grape production ever since. Even with quarantines in place the species has spread; now identified in 18 states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lamm Lab is leading the human dimension research for a USDA ARS-funded  interdisciplinary team of entomologists, plant pathologists  and viticulturists striving to <a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/2024\/08\/lamm-lab-leads-human-dimension-research-to-address-issues-with-spotted-lanterfly-and-tree-of-heaven\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2230\">identify biological controls which can help growers control the Spotted Lanternfly<\/a> while minimizing impact to their vines and the natural environment.  Their findings from these grower conversations were shared with the entire team after they returned and is already being used to inform future research to ensure it meets growers&#8217; needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2415\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/1746455697498-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Spotted Lanternfly egg masses on a wooden fence post.\" class=\"wp-image-2415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/1746455697498-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/1746455697498-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/1746455697498-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/1746455697498-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/1746455697498.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2414\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7352-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Wine grape growers conversing with research team members. \" class=\"wp-image-2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7352-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7352-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7352-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7352.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2412\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/DJI_20250428_151801_494-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Spotted Lanternfly egg masses on wine grape trunk.\" class=\"wp-image-2412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/DJI_20250428_151801_494-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/DJI_20250428_151801_494-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/DJI_20250428_151801_494-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/DJI_20250428_151801_494-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/DJI_20250428_151801_494.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2413\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7388-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Dennis examining egg masses.\" class=\"wp-image-2413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7388-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7388-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7388-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_7388.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Alexa Lamm and Dennis Baffour-Awuah spent 4 days in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York speaking with wine grape growers and extension specialists. During this time they conducted interviews to discern growers&#8217; past, current and perceived future problems with the invasive species, the Spotted Lanternfly, which first appeared in the US in 2015 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":753,"featured_media":2413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,58,57],"tags":[10,62],"class_list":["post-2409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agproduction","category-integrated-pest-management","category-invasive-species","tag-lamm","tag-baffour-awuah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2416,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409\/revisions\/2416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}