Insect biocontrol in the greenhouse with Professor Laura Ingwell from Purdue and Professor Samantha Willden from Cornell

Podcast: Growing For Market Podcast · Andrew Mefferd, Katie Kulla, April Parms Jones

Opublikowano: 2026-10-07

Pests and beneficials can sometimes act differently in greenhouses versus the field. So, this week we’re talking with Professor Laura Ingwell from Purdue University and Professor Samantha Willden from Cornell University about IPM for common greenhouse pests, including where and when they are likely to arrive. They tell us about a study they did on 36 farms over 2 years, and how conditions on those farms affected the insect populations. We talk about whether high tunnels are protection from or for pests, and how to design environments that are less conducive to them. We discuss the differences between us...