Provided below is a list of trusted websites related to tree fruit horticulture and pest and disease control. We have divided them by the source type – WSU versus other information providers. We do not maintain these additional resources so are not responsible for keeping them up to date or changes in the web addresses. If you discover a bad link or feel the information is out dated, please let us know using the contact form located here. Also, if you know of a great resource that we missed, please send us the link so we can review it and post it to this page.
WSU Experiment Stations
Selected WSU Programs
Tools & Guides
- Decision Aid System
- Ag. Weather Net
- WSU Extension Drought Website
- Crop Protection Guide for Tree Fruit, WSU EB419 online, 2016.
- Orchard Pest Management Guide
- Postharvest Information Network
- Fire Blight Management in the PNW, T. Smith, Chelan-Douglas County Extension page. (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Extension HortSense page. (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- WA State Pest Management – Labels & Tolerances
- National Clean Plant Network – Tree Fruit website.
Cooperative Extension
- Benton-Franklin Co. Extn.
- Chelan-Douglas Co. Extn.
- Grant -Adams Co. Extn.
- eXtension Apples (Accessed: 1/19/17).
County Pest Boards
State Government Resources
Regional Resources
- PNW Insect Management Handbook (All Accessed: 1/19/17).
- PNW Plant and Disease Handbook
- PNW Weed Management Handbook
Federal Resources
- USDA-AMS National Organic Program (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- EPA Pesticides Homepage (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- National Pesticide Information Center (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- USDA GAP & GHP Water Issues FAQs (PDF hosted by nwhort.org) (Accessed: 1/19/17).
Other Universities
- Cornell University Fruit Resources (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Cornell/NY State Agric. Exp. Station (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Clemson’s “Everything About Peaches” (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Oregon State University Orchard Pest Management Resources (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Michigan State University Integrated Pest Management (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Michigan State University Extn. Fruit & Nuts (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Pennsylvania State University Extn. Tree Fruit Production (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- University of California Fruit Report (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- University of California IPM (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- University of California Davis Fruit & Nut Research & Information (Accessed: 1/19/17).
Industry Resources
- GRAS2P (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- WA State Tree Fruit Association (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Northwest Horticultural Council (They also have an extensive list of resource links here) (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- WA Tree Fruit Research Commission (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- WA Apple Commission (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Pear Bureau Northwest/USA Pears (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- California Pears (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Northwest Cherries (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- International Fruit Tree Association (Accessed: 1/19/17).
Trade Magazines/News
- Good Fruit Grower (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Growing Produce (home site for American/Western Fruit Grower) (Accessed: 1/19/17).
- Fruit Grower News (1/19/17).