Tree Fruit News – February 2022

It’s about to be springtime and the start of irrigation season!  Crop evapotranspiration (ET) is low in the spring compared to what it is in the middle of the summer.  Can I shut my irrigation…

The parallel outbreak of Little Cherry and X-disease has become a singular threat to the PNW cherry industry, causing the removal of ca. 1000 acres in the past five years. In Washington, one of the…

Date: January 2022 Authors: Paige Beuhler and Ines Hanrahan For 2022, the WA Tree Fruit Research Commission approved $701,654 to help fund ten (10) new projects. The Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission (OSCC) is co-funding nine…

Date: January 2022 Authors: Paige Beuhler and Ines Hanrahan In December of 2021, the WA Tree Fruit Research Commission approved $706,830 in new technology research for the upcoming year. All newly approved technology projects this…

This article is part of a series, Climate Friendly Fruit & Veggies, highlighting work from the Fruit & Vegetable Supply Chains: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation Opportunities (F&V CAMO) project, a collaborative research study This project…

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…

We are looking for pear growers interested in participating in a USDA-funded research project this Spring. The project will explore bee health at orchards under different fire blight management schemes (antibiotics & biologicals). We are…