NEWS
Tree Fruit Industry Sponsored LCA Survey Now Live
The Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission is funding a study that will allow the Pacific Northwest apple industry to take charge of its own environmental data by developing a scientifically defensible benchmark for apple production…
2024 Tree Fruit Crop Protection Guide Now Available
2024 Crop Protection Guide is now available.
Is it important to monitor bud tissue temperature for spring frost management in sweet cherry?
The relationship between air and bud tissue temperature could be used to better predict lethal temperatures.
A Pre-bloom Pear Psylla Management Program, 2024
An outline of current guidelines and evidence for effective pear pest management.
Summary of WSU session on cold weather effects on pollination, fruit set, and hardiness in apples and cherries.
On April 12, 2022, Matthew Whiting, Professor in the Horticulture Department, and Bernardita Sallato, Tree Fruit Extension Specialist, at Washington State University, hosted a meeting to bring the tree fruit industry together and discuss challenges…
WTRFC Project Synopsis: Decision Support Tool for Precision Orchard Management
A project addressing individual tree nutrition requirements through a combination of automated sensing, machine learning algorithms, decision support tools, and variable rate technology.
WA 64 Update
Negotiations with the first potential licensee for WA 64 have begun.
LATEST VIDEOS
New Products and Approaches for Codling Moth Management
Betsy Beers, WSU Entomology spoke at the 2024 NCW Tree Fruit Days on codling moth management. She described factors influencing trap catch and two years of new product efficacy data. NCW Tree Fruit Days is…
Codling Moth Mating Disruption
Don Thomson spoke on codling moth mating disruption at the 2024 NCW Tree Fruit Days. He described the importance of point sources, weather impacts on risk and the potential for resistance. NCW Tree Fruit Days…
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…
Meteorology Basics
A 25-minute crash course/Weather 101 answering basic questions about how weather works in the atmosphere.
Cold damage in tree fruit: An Overview
This is the first of a four-part series from the sweet cherry cold hardiness webinar held on Oct 29, 2020. In this video, Overview of cold damage in tree fruit, Dr. Matthew Whiting, WSU professor, presents…
PACMAN SCRI 2024 Conference Videos Posted
The PACMAN SCRI project has posted a video playlist from their January Developers Conference for Precision Crop Load Management of Apples.
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS
Upcoming Food Microbiology 101 for the Fresh Produce Industry Training
Washington State University is organizing two in-person Food Microbiology 101 For the Fresh Produce Industry Training.
EVENTS
Feb 6 |
Okanogan Horticultural Society Meeting 2024
Feb 7 | Okanogan County Agriplex
Feb 8 |
Geneva® Apple Rootstock Technical Informational for Orchardists
Feb 10 | Hilton Garden Inn
International Fruit Tree Association (IFTA) Conference and Tours
Feb 11 | Yakima Convention Center
4TH Annual Meeting of the SWD SCRI Project Team with the Advisory Board
Feb 12 | Online
Feb 13 |
Feb 15 |
Feb 15 | Yakima Valley College Conference Center
Feb 20 |
TEAM
Karen Lewis
Tianna DuPont
Dani Gray
Gwen Hoheisel
Marcella Magby
Manoella Mendoza
Claire Murphy
Bernardita Sallato
Tory Schmidt
Corina Serban
Fruit Matters February 2024 was edited by Jodi Rinaldi and Karen Lewis, WSU Extension.
