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Honeycrisp storage recommendations revisited
Storing Honeycrisp long term while achieving good packouts and maintaining fruit of acceptable eating quality in the second part of the storage season has been…
WTFRC Maximum Residue Levels Report for Cherry Available
For the seventh consecutive year, the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission has conducted studies to provide the Northwest cherry industry basic information about residues of…
Strategies to Minimize Postharvest Rots of Apple and Pear
Preventing rots from damaging stored apple and pear starts by good orchard sanitation practices and timely fungicide applications. However, postharvest practices will help extend the…
Superficial Scald Management in Apples
Superficial scald, also called storage scald, is a pre-eminent physiological disorder caused by chilling injury. This article is a brief overview and update on scald…
Optimización de las Aplicaciones de Fungicidas en Pre-cosecha para el Manejo de Enfermedades de Post-cosecha
En la mayoría de las enfermedades post-cosecha de manzanas y peras, las infecciones son iniciadas en el huerto en diferentes momentos durante la temporada de…
Optimize Preharvest Fungicide Sprays for Managing Postharvest Diseases
For most post-harvest diseases of apple and pear, infections are initiated in the orchard at different times during the growing season. As the harvest season…
Where Your Water Comes from Video
The Department of Ecology has posted the third video in the series commemorating 100 Years of Water Law.
Don’t forget about the seedbank when you are thinking about weed control.
When researchers think about weed control in crop production, we often think about 'short-term' results, i.e. weed control after 30 days, weed control after 90…
Use updated Leafroller timing for best control
Timing is everything when it comes to effective pest management. Knowing when a pest is susceptible to which kind of pesticide is the key for…
Size Matters: Apply herbicides to small weeds for increased success
Weed size is a significant factor influencing the management of weeds with foliar applied herbicides. Larger weeds are notoriously difficult to control, as compared to…
