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Optimizing Crop Load for New Apple Cultivar: ‘WA 38’
Written by Brendon Anthony, Sara Serra, and Stefano Musacchi, WSU, March 2019 Washington State University’s Apple Breeding Program released a new exclusive cultivar in…
Beauty with Benefits – Native Plants for Beneficial Insects
WSU researcher David James has studied more than 100 perennial plants native to Central Washington to learn which native plants beneficial insects prefer.
Repellent Materials Bioassay for Winterform Pear Psylla
Pear psylla control is becoming increasingly difficult, especially in regions of the Pacific Northwest like the Wenatchee Valley where pear orchards dominate the landscape. In…
Reducing cold damage in apple and sweet cherry
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) represent a new generation of renewable nano-biomaterials with unique physical and chemical properties, and numerous potential applications. WSU Center for Precision and…
Pesticide look-up tool for bee protection
Want to make pesticide choices that help protect the bees in your orchard? There is a web-based decision tool to help you developed by the UC…
Fall Fire Blight Considerations
With fall upon us and after the serious fire blight outbreak in Washington this year growers are asking questions. Here we discuss some considerations for…
Pear IPM Post Harvest Sprays
The end of pear season is finally upon us. One topic of discussion is the potential need for and strategy for postharvest sprays to manage…
Mormon Crickets on the Move
There have been a number of reports of Mormon crickets recently, and sure enough, this is the time of year we start to see them…
Tree Assistance Program
TAP provides disaster assistance to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers to replant or rehabilitate trees, bushes, and vines that were lost because of an…
Time to protect for doubling in Cherries
Those of you growing cherries that are sensitive to pistil doubling (e.g., ‘Bing’, ‘Tieton’, ‘Early Robin’) should consider protecting the crop during this period of…
