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Cherries
Featured stories covering cherries in this issue.
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Breeding better rootstocks
Michigan State pursues patents for improved cherry rootstocks using plantings in the Pacific Northwest.
Piece-rate pay guidelines
Officials working to provide practical advice following last year’s Washington state Supreme Court ruling.
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 blotch disease, but researchers say there may be others. (Courtesy
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 as this netting in a Stephentown, New York, blueberry field.
Beakers and breakthroughs in SWD research
California research into spotted wing drosophila sounds like science fiction.
Changes at Oregon State extension center
Dr. Peter Shearer has resigned as entomologist at Oregon State University’s Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Hood River, Oregon. Peter Shearer
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.
Controlling cherry cracking
Reducing moisture uptake can help prevent cracking in storage.
Neil Garrison, a young grower from Sunnyside, Washington
family background / Neil studied business and worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and maritime companies around the nation before
Thurlby: Hot for cherries
Gonzalo Villareal harvests SweetHeart cherries in Selah, Wash., on July 16, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) After record-setting heat in 2015, cherry growers
Breeding the new cherry
WSU makes changes to sweet cherry program.
Stoking the North American cherry market
Cherry marketing: “awareness, awareness, awareness.”
Optical lines are growing
Upgrades using near-infrared technology to sort fruit are necessary to keep pace with the industry.
Cherry optimism
California cherry growing conditions are tough, but growers are tougher.