NEWS
Tips to minimize apple and pear fruit infections in atypical cool and wet early season
Written by Achour Amiri, WSU, May 2019 The unusual cool and wet spring observed, so far this season in Central Washington, has to be taken into consideration when managing diseases in the orchards including…
Fire blight susceptibility of apple cultivars
New research documents the relative susceptibility to fire blight of a broad range of apple cultivars.
Powdery Mildew of Cherry New Fungicide Tools and Resistance Management Guidelines
Written by Gary Grove, WSU, April 2019 Cherry growers in the Pacific Northwest have multiple fungicides at their disposal for managing powdery mildew. Products in the powdery mildew “toolbox” include members of the DMI, QoI,…
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS
WSU Cherry Field Day – June 10
WSU Cherry Field Day on June 10th visiting ‘Coral Champagne’ Orchards and research flash updates at IAREC.
WSU Dia de Campo de Cerezas – June 10
Acompañenos a visitar huertas de la variedad Coral Champagne y luego conocer nuevos avances en investigaciones en el centro de la WSU, IAREC. La actividad será traducida al español en vivo.
WSU Extension Preharvest Cherry Field Day – Royal Slope, WA
An evening with Dain – Organic cherry production from bud to bucket. Tour will focus on organic cherry production in blocks ranging from 3 to 24 years old. 10 X 18 freestanding Bing on Mazzard,…
WSU Extension Preharvest Cherry Field Day – Oroville, WA
Join us for a pre-harvest cherry field visit. At this site, we will see Black Pearl planted in 2009 a few days before harvest. We will also discuss Little Cherry Disease detection and management and…
OPPORTUNITIES
Laboratory / Field Assistant Position Opportunity
WSU ’Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center is hiring a Technical Assistant to help with day to day laboratory and field work. This position will assist with lab and field duties in a research program…
PUBLICATIONS
Little Cherry Virus
Little Cherry Disease (LCD) is a critical concern to sweet cherry producers in the state of Washington. This disease is caused by infection by Little cherry virus 1 (LChV1), Little cherry virus 2 (LChV2) or…
X-disease phytoplasma (Western X)
EVENTS
TEAM
Karen Lewis
Tianna DuPont
Dani Gray
Gwen Hoheisel
Marcella Magby
Manoella Mendoza
Claire Murphy
Bernardita Sallato
Tory Schmidt
Corina Serban
