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Post Harvest Little Cherry Disease Management
As cherry harvest is finishing up, this is the best time to sample trees with small cherries for little cherry disease. The Little Cherry Disease…
Postharvest Defects, Disorders, Diseases, and Spanish Posters – on sale now!
In addition to the Postharvest Defects and Honeycrisp Disorders posters released in July 2019, we now have the Postharvest Diseases poster on sale. Also available…
Soil (health) evaluation begins by asking “What’s the problem with my soil?”
Andrew McGuire, WSU Extension wrote a great article addressing some of the questions we all have about soil health evaluation, and a very important question…
The Utility of Bitter Pit Prediction Models for Honeycrisp in Washington State
Written by Ines Hanrahan and Marcella Galeni, Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, June 2019. At a Glance: Methods evaluated: Ethephon method; Passive method;…
Cherry Insect Control during Harvest
June 7, 2019, WSDA PMD (TWS) The 2019 cherry harvest has begun. During this time, it may be necessary to apply insecticides to manage…
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…
