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Online Pear IPM Insect Data
Are you interested in seeing natural enemy and psylla/mite levels in WA and OR pear orchards? Scouting data for 16 WA and OR locations is…
News from Tree Fruit Extension Economics
WSU Extension Specialist Karina Gallardo has recently revised the Tree Fruit Extension Economics website. We have also updated the Economics page on our Tree Fruit…
Airblast Sprayer Calibration and Configuration
WSDA is offering on-farm technical assistance to train growers on proper calibration techniques that can reduce drift from airblast sprayer applications. Properly calibrated equipment is…
How to Effectively Manage Codling Moth
Without any intervention, codling moth numbers increase about four-fold from generation to generation. Therefore, targeting the first generation is important to reset the population size…
New Defect ID Tools
Proper identification of damage, defects, diseases, and disorders is the first step in solving the issue and producing quality fruit. Many issues can be difficult to identify…
Q & A from “Flowering, fruit set, and pollination biology”
The following questions arrose during the discussion at the end of the presentation by Dr. Matthew Whiting on Flowering, fruit set, and pollination biology hosted…
Hand washing short videos for orchards and packinghouses
One of the most important steps you can take to protect yourself and your workers from COVID-19 and any other disease, is to properly wash…
Current Status of the Powdery Mildew Fungicide Toolbox in Cherries
New research results confirm resistance to Group 11 fungicides. More than half of the powdery mildew isolates had developed various levels of DMI (Group 3)…
X Phytoplasma Epidemic
Written by Tianna DuPont, WSU Extension. February 5, 2020. Update April 15, 2020. Fig. 1. X Phytoplasma symptoms in Rainier cherries (left) versus healthy cherries…
Bee-ware the Giant Asian Hornet!
Two different Asian pests have found their way to North America: the Asian giant hornets, Vespa mandarinia in Whatcom County and Vespa ducalis in British…