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Good Vibrations: A potential IPM strategy for pear psylla (Cacopsylla pyricola)
Insects communicate in many forms like with chemicals in the form of pheromones, or with vibrations in the form of songs like in cicadas and…
WA Sterile Insect Release Project – Year Two Update
With increasing codling moth pressure, growers are looking for new management tools. Biological control released by drones is a fascinating possible solution. Betsy Beers and…
Receive Pear Bureau Information via Email
The Pear Bureau is working to speed up and improve their communications to their grower base. They currently only have email addresses for about 40%…
WSDA On-Farm Technical Assistance
Do you rely on airblast sprayers to control pests? WSDA is offering FREE on-farm technical assistance for airblast sprayer calibration and configuration during spring 2020.…
New Paraquat User Requirements & Labeling
All paraquat registrants must comply with the label changes mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Paraquat Human Health Mitigation Decision and amendment. In…
Open Access!
The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) publishes three scientific journals, HortScience, The Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science and HortTechnology. Free access…
Washington State is the International Tree Fruit Destination this Summer
Planes filled with tree fruit scientists, producers, nurseryman, and other allied industries will be headed to Washington State this summer. For a very exciting 2…
Reducing Cold Damage With Sprayable Nanocrystal Dispersions
Cold damage to the reproductive buds and flowers is a perennial concern to tree fruit producers worldwide. Every year low temperatures threaten productivity and periodically,…
Epidemia del Fitoplasma X
El Fitoplasma X ha alcanzado niveles de epidemia en el Estado de Washington, con 2,629 muestras de cerezos positivas a la enfermedad en 2019. Fitoplasma…
Western X Questions and Answers. What do we know? What do we not know?
Written Tobin Northfield, WSU Entomology; Scott Harper, WSU Plant Pathology; Bernardita Sallato, WSU Extension; Tianna DuPont, WSU Extension; Holly Ferguson, Yakima Valley College. July 17,…
