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Vivid XV3 Vision System for Precision Crop Load Monitoring
Written by Dattatray Bhalekar, Juan Munguia de la Cruz, Bernardita Sallato, Lav Khot, Washington State University, March 2026 Precision crop load management is critical in…
2026 Tree Fruit Crop Protection Guide Available Now
The 2026 Tree Fruit Crop Protection Guide is now available with more than 50 new updates since 2015. New this year is an updated Weed…
Weather with AgWeatherNet: Daily Frost Forecasts and Risk Mitigation Decision Support Tools
Written by Lav Khot, Josh Ward, Craig Oswald, and Sanjita Bhavirisetty, Washington State University – AgWeatherNet, March 9, 2026 This article introduces the updated Frost…
Green Atlas Cartographer for Precision Crop Load Monitoring
Written by Dattatray Bhalekar, Juan Munguia de la Cruz, Bernardita Sallato, Lav Khot, Washington State University, March 2026 Over the past two seasons (2024 and…
The Impact of Soil Amendments on a Replanted Apple Orchard
This study aims to evaluate how different soil amendments influence soil health indicators, soil biology, and early tree growth in a replated commercial apple orchard.…
A Web-Based Decision-Support Tool for Sweet Cherry Floral Dormancy, Relative Water Content, and Cold Hardiness
The LTER–Sweet Cherry Model v1 is a web-based decision-support tool that uses daily temperature and solar radiation inputs to generate seasonal predictions of floral dormancy…
2026 WA Tree Fruit Research Commission Grant Awards for Technology
In December of 2025, the WA Tree Fruit Research Commission approved $564,371 for six (6) new technology research projects for the upcoming year.
Starting the Season off for Pear IPM Success
For growers intending to use selective IPM programs (limiting broad spectrum sprays) for pears this season here are a few considerations for success.
2026 WA Tree Fruit Research Commission Grant Awards for Cherry
For 2026, the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission (WTFRC) approved $228,176 to help fund six (6) new projects. The Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission (OSCC) is…
Lenticel breakdown disorder: preharvest and postharvest considerations
Although lenticel breakdown disorder (LBD) is well-know, the latest research published by Torres et al. (2025) has shown: (1) sanitizers used at commercial doses do…
