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Managing earwigs: how and why to conserve in pome fruits and suppress in stone fruits
Earwigs are omnivores capable of damaging fruits, but they can also suppress pests such as woolly apple aphid and pear psylla. So, are earwigs pests…
Tips to minimize apple and pear fruit infections in atypical cool and wet early season
Written by Achour Amiri, WSU, May 2019 The unusual cool and wet spring observed, so far this season in Central Washington, has to be…
Fire blight susceptibility of apple cultivars
New research documents the relative susceptibility to fire blight of a broad range of apple cultivars.
Developing a cv. WA 38 starch scale for the Washington State apple industry
Written by Ines Hanrahan and Marcella Galeni, Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, May 2019 At a Glance WA 38 develops two predominant starch patterns…
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…
Samurai Wasp Say Smell Ya Later to Stink Bugs -PBS Features OSU and WSU Work
Enjoy this new video created by PBS featuring the work of our colleagues at OSU. There is a growing threat of the Brown Marmorated Stink…
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…
Learn why the Douglas County Voluntary Stewardship Program Helps You Avoid Additional Regulations
The Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP) provides a non-regulatory, incentive-based method of critical area protection on lands that intersect agricultural activities. VSP is an alternative to…
