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Soils and Nutrients
Featured stories about soils and nutrients in this issue.
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Fumigant regulations keep coming
Soil fumigation, like this broadcast application, now requires that fumigation management plans be developed to include a long list of components. The soil fumigation landscape
Read the label
Marestail, or horseweed, has been confirmed to be resistant to glyphosate in California. Have you read your glyphosate herbicide label lately? Today’s glyphosate herbicide is
Balancing nitrogen in grapes and wine
Catherine Jones, middle, puts Merlot grapes through a destemmer under the watchful eye of her advisor Joan Davenport. For both grape growers and winemakers, the
Last Bite: Gala breeder put flavor first
Gale Gala is a sport of Royal Gala discovered by Wally Gale in Wenatchee, Washington, and patented in 1997. Inset: The Pacific Gala is a
Wide scope for rootstock research
International Fruit Tree Association members tour a research plot at Wapato, Washington, where a wide range of apple rootstocks are being compared. Rootstock development is
Growers vote on special assessment
Washington State tree fruit growers will be asked to pay a special research assessment to strengthen research and extension programs at Washington State University. The
Tips on how to avoid glyphosate damage
As you approach weed control this spring, remember the word SUPPLY. That’s the acronym Dr. Hannah Mathers developed to help orchardists and nurserymen prevent injury
Root2Fruit group will request research funding
A group of scientists from around the country aims to develop new tree fruit rootstocks for the tree fruit industry with the goal of increasing
Tree safety is key issue with herbicides
Choosing a herbicide program for an orchard is not so simple as choosing which herbicide kills what weeds and when. A careful reading of the
Newer herbicides join the arsenal
Among the newer herbicides that fruit growers should look at are Treevix, Alion, Matrix, Spartan, and Sandea, and there are new formulations of Sinbar and
Who’s eating codling moth?
This article is part of a series on the multistate project “Enhancing Biological Control in Western Orchards.” How big a role can predators play in
Prevent transplant shock
How to give your new trees a good start in life.