NEWS
The First Year of the Pear Psylla Phenology-based Management Program Exhibits IPM Success
2022 was the first year of comparing WSU’s pear psylla IPM phenology program against conventional programs in commercial pear orchards. Compared with conventional orchards, IPM phenology orchards resulted in similar levels of fruit injury, fewer…
Apple Orchard Microclimates
Find out how much weather conditions in your apple orchard differ from nearby open-field weather stations and what that means for orchard management.
Ag Weathernet Station-Specific 10-day Weather Forecasting Model for Improved Grower Decision Support
Agweathernet is developing station specific 10-day weather forecasts which help improve forecast accuracy.
Updates on Evaluating Replant Strategies for X-disease Infected Orchards
OSU and WSU Faculty and Extension are evaluating removal and replant strategies for X-disease infected orchards.
What if your AgWeatherNet station goes offline?
A new tool from AgWeatherNet called the Station Correlation tool is available to help you identify another weather station with the next best data if your weather station goes down.
VIDEOS
Pruning Bartlett Pears to Optimize Fruit Quality
Dr. Stefano Musacchi provides a tutorial on pruning Bartlett pear trees to optimize fruit quality. This includes using the concept of dynamic or renewal pruning, and the techniques of girdling, notching and limb bending. He…
Assessing Cold Damage – a Demonstration
This is the last of a four-part series from the sweet cherry cold hardiness webinar held on Oct 29, 2020. In this video, Assessing cold damage, Dr. Matthew Whiting, WSU professor, demonstrates how to assess…
Importance of Sanitation for Codling Moth
This interview was conducted as part of the 2022 Codling Moth Summit. It features expert advice from Mark LePierre, a consultant and farm manager who has 30+ years of experience. Specifically, he discusses the practices…
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS
Taking Soil Health Principles to Practice: SoilCon 2023
The Washington State Soil Health Initiative (WaSHI) announces SoilCon 2023 held on February 14th & 15th 2023.
Pear IPM Intensive
Join WSU Extension and the Pear IPM team for an intensive workshop delving deep into effective integrated pest management for pears December 14.
Fire Blight Workshops and Webinars
Join us for the latest fire blight information from a national research project involving MI, NC, NY, CA, OR and WA funded by the Specialty Crop Research Initiative.
NCW Tree Fruit Days January 17-19 in Wenatchee January 21 in Chelan, and February 7 in Omak
Join us for North Central Washington Tree Fruit Days on January 17-19, 21 and February 7. Co-sponsored by WSU Extension, Northwest Cherries, Pear Bureau Northwest, NCW Fieldmen’s Association, Chelan Future Farmers of America and the…
EVENTS
Dec 14 | Confluence Technology Center
Jan 16 | Wenatchee Convention Center
Apple Day – North Central Washington Tree Fruit Days
Jan 17 | Wenatchee Convention Center
2023 Technology Research Review
Dec 1 | Confluence Technology Center
PUBLICATIONS
Apple Rootstock Vigour and Production: Effects of Rootstock on ‘Honeycrisp’
This document presents the performance of Honeycrisp on 16 rootstocks in the 9th year of the trial, including 3 industrial standard Malling rootstocks, 4 Budagovsky rootstocks and 9 Geneva rootstocks. The trial was performed in…
New Cherry Economics Publications
This study is intended for growers and investors considering the economic and financial consequences of planting a high-density or ultra-high-density sweet cherry orchard.
Investigations of Multiple Approaches to Reduce Green Spot Incidence in ‘WA 38’ Apple
A pre-harvest apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) disorder named “green spot” (GS) was recently identified on ‘WA 38’ apples. Previous work indicated a tentative association between GS and fruit mineral imbalance, and an influence of…
TEAM
Karen Lewis
Tianna DuPont
Gwen Hoheisel
Marcella Magby
Manoella Mendoza
Claire Murphy
Jodi Rinaldi
Bernardita Sallato
Tory Schmidt
Ricardo Lima Pinto
OPPORTUNITIES
Opportunity: Tree Fruit and Grape Extension Specialist Kelowna, Oliver, Vernonv Canada
Job Opportunity Tree Fruit and Grape Extension Specialist Temporary Full-Time Opportunity (1 year term) 2 positions available Position(s) have the opportunity to become permanent Agriculture Resource Division, Extension and Support Services Branch Ministry of Agriculture…
