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Pollination
Featured stories covering bee health and mechanized pollination in this issue.
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Mike McLaren, a young grower from Salem, Oregon
Mike is a first-generation grower who pursued a degree in winemaking before getting his start working in wine sales, distribution and learning to make wine at Corliss Estates
Hopes dim for demise of lanternfly
Researchers are no longer optimistic that bug first detected in 2014 can be quickly eradicated.
No bees, but a lot of buzz about artificial pollination (video)
https://youtu.be/bEXK9Bk73Eg Pollination comes with problems. Bloom dates don’t overlap, honeybee colonies fail, weather doesn’t cooperate. The list goes on. Matt Whiting foresees a day when
37 varieties and counting
More peach varieties coming from Paul Friday's Flamin' Fury series
6 tips for healthier bees
Beekeeper offers tips for healthy bees, hearty pollination.
110+ bins of Bartlet pears per acre
Results from Bartlett pears grown on Tatura trellis in Australia
Looking for new pollinizers
For decades, apple growers have used Manchurian crab apples to pollinate their fruit. Tree fruit researchers are searching for new pollinizer trees as alternatives
Researcher is targeting bull’s-eye rot
Findings show treatments before and after harvest reduce infection rates.
Uncorked potential with wine on tap
Companies cater to restaurants that don’t want to waste a whole bottle on a single pour.
Growers get peek at automatic picking machine — VIDEO
California company shares progress on vacuum end-effector.
A gentler journey from bucket to bin
Design improvements to vacuum system apple harvester reduce bruising, worker strain.
Finding cold damage
Recognizing the signs of cold damage in grapevines is critical for growers in northern regions.
Allen: My thanks to growers supporting food safety research
“One bad apple will spoil the barrel” is almost as familiar as the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Jim Allen
Testing string theory
Hand-held string thinners are gaining in popularity.