Walgenbach Entomology Lab
Agricultural Service
Why pick this one
Walgenbach Entomology Lab conducts NC State Extension IPM research for apples, peaches, tomatoes, peppers, and cucurbits in Mills River.
Best for
- Commercial apple pest management
- Commercial peach pest management
- Tomato, pepper, and cucurbit pest management
- Integrated Pest Management planning
- Biological control research involving predatory mites or parasitoids
- Agricultural pest studies requiring field research in western North Carolina
Look elsewhere if
- Residential indoor pest extermination
- Emergency pest removal
- Non-agricultural pest control
- Services requiring published pricing or response-time commitments
Specialties
- Integrated Pest Management for apples
- Integrated Pest Management for peaches
- Integrated Pest Management for tomatoes
- Integrated Pest Management for peppers
- Integrated Pest Management for cucurbits
- Insect and mite toxicological studies
- Insect and mite behavioral studies
- Biological control with predatory mites and parasitoids
What makes them different
- NC State Extension entomology lab based at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River
- Applied Integrated Pest Management research focuses on apples, peaches, tomatoes, peppers, and cucurbits
- Field research occurs at research stations in Mills River and Waynesville and on commercial farms
- Maintains colonies of predatory mites and hymenopteran parasitoids for year-round studies
- Provides agricultural research and extension resources including apple and vegetable pest management materials
- Serves
- Mills River, Waynesville
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 455 Research Dr, Mills River, NC 28759
- Phone
- +18286843562
- Website
- https://mountainhort.ces.ncsu.edu/mountainhort-...
- jim_walgenbach@ncsu.edu
Services
- Agricultural pest management research
- Integrated Pest Management extension
- Field research
- Insect and mite research
- Biological control research