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Tracking fire blight
Jamie Coggins, a graduate student, and Bonnie Schonberg, a research technician, measure the effects
RosBREED, part II
Consumers want great tasting fruit with few or no blemishes. Growers want that, too, but
WSTFA annual meeting — Wednesday wrapup
Hermann Thoennissen: Get the stakeholders together, develop a farm transition plan and be consistent
Day two of the WSTFA annual meeting, afternoon summary – Video
Melissa Partyka, a staff research associate for the Western Center for Food Safety, encouraged
Washington State hires tree fruit extension specialist
Rob Blakey, shown here in a Pasco, Washington, orchard, specializes in postharvest issues. (TJ
Fighting fire blight
Antibiotics and Apogee continue to top the list of control products.
Beating bitter pit in Honeycrisp
The key lies in combining foliar calcium sprays with reduced potassium fertilization.
Demystifying cold-hardy grapes
Northern Grapes Project is designed to encourage the wine industry in colder climates.
Bush: New tool in detecting BMSB
Research entomologist, Peter Landolt holds a sticky wasp trap covered with brown marmorated stink
Cornell looks for insects that may transmit fire blight bacteria
Matt Boucher hand collects bees from blossoms in an orchard infested with fire blight.
Lessons learned from Listeria contamination of caramel apples
Aftermath of an outbreak
Bee health studies examine neonicotinoid risks
WSU trial finds “very low risks,” while England study shows bee species suffer from the pesticide.
Bayer AG says it will no longer sell Belt (flubendiamide)
Bayer AG announced it will no longer sell Belt (flubendiamide) insecticide in the United States
Woods: Getting ready for FSMA
Even as retailers continue to up the ante by adding more restrictive food safety requirements
Troublesome pest makes a comeback
Thought to be eradicated years ago, grape rootworm has returned to New York and Pennsylvania vineyards.
Hansen: Certified plants are only the first step
Growers need to monitor for virus in early years of a “clean” vineyard.
Bearing down on black stem borers – VIDEO
New York researchers working to stop one of the newest apple pests.
Managing mummy berry
Researchers aim to improve control for blueberry disease.
Tree Fruit Research Commission releases new cherry pesticide study
File photo. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) For growers looking to export, the Washington
Pennsylvania expands spotted lanternfly quarantine
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has expanded a spotted lanternfly quarantine to include more townships
Assessment analyzes risk for spread of apple maggot
The PacifiClean composting facility in Quincy, Washington, is shown operational in the spring of
State finalizes rules to kill maggots before shipping compost
Washington state regulators have finalized special permit requirements for composters seeking to transport feed stocks
Minnesota’s dry, cold-hardy white
New white wine grape variety shows resistance to downy, powdery mildew, phylloxera.
A new way to apply chemicals
Results look promising for solid-set canopy system delivery.
Spraying for powdery mildew
Study aims to find best time to apply fungicide.
The problem of powdery mildew
WSU researcher to study cherries’ sudden transition from resistant to susceptible during the growing season.
Hoppers at heart of red blotch
The three-cornered alfalfa treehopper (Spissistilus festinus) has been confirmed as a vector for red
Hansen: Research leads to better control for grape disease
Saved fungicide sprays for powdery mildew keep $2 million-plus in grape growers’ pockets.
Organic control of SWD
Organic researchers are evaluating various kinds of materials to separate insects from fruit, such
Beakers and breakthroughs in SWD research
California research into spotted wing drosophila sounds like science fiction.
SWD – How to stop a proliferate pest?
Growers and researchers are struggling in efforts to control the spread of spotted wing drosophila.
Ferguson: Renewed focus on little cherry disease
Research underway to study leafhopper vectors of Western X.
Heat treatment to beat the apple maggot
Environmental consultants for the state of Washington have recommended heating up yard waste before moving
Better ways to spray
Five tips from sprayer training workshop can help limit your pesticide drift.
Monitoring the dump tank
Apples from the 2015 harvest are washed and sanitized. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)
The microbes beneath
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) research microbiologist Michael Lehman takes a soil-core
Woolly surge
Researchers, looking for answers to hold back woolly apple aphids, find some promise in sandy soils.
Making the most of mulch
Organic herbicides don’t match mulch for pear growers. That’s the conclusion of University of California
Herbicide resistance a growing concern
Researcher offers tips for helping to control weeds in vineyards.
Pre-emergents can help control yellow nutsedge
Yellow nutsedge (Courtesy Cornell University) Yellow nutsedge can be a particular difficult weed
Planting frenzy
Properly preparing the soil can help new plantings thrive.
Hansen: Test for nutrients before spending big money
Wine industry funded research can save growers money and lead to healthier vineyard soils.
Better ways to irrigate
WSU researcher offers tips for reducing water use.
Know your soil before picking your rootstock
Researchers encourage growers to match a rootstock’s ability to absorb nutrients to those nutrients found in the soil.
Hopes dim for demise of lanternfly
Researchers are no longer optimistic that bug first detected in 2014 can be quickly eradicated.
Looking for new pollinizers
For decades, apple growers have used Manchurian crab apples to pollinate their fruit. Tree
Researcher is targeting bull’s-eye rot
Findings show treatments before and after harvest reduce infection rates.
OSU names new director of Food Innovation Center
Oregon State University has named David Stone, a public health toxicologist and communications expert, as
Apple scab spores showing up in eastern U.S. orchards
The first apple scab spores of the season have been detected in both Pennsylvania and
Borers make their mark
Northwest growers advised to watch for American plum borer.