Apple Day – North Central Washington Tree Fruit Days 2025
January 23, 2025 @ 8:45 am - 3:30 pm
Join us for the latest research-based information. 4 WSDA pesticide update credits (with approval). In person event with hybrid virtual option.
North Central Washington Tree Fruit Days
Join us for WSU Tree Fruit Extension Programs in North Central Washington. Co-sponsored by Northwest Cherries, Pear Bureau Northwest, NCW Fieldmen’s Association, and the Okanogan Horticultural Association. These events provide the latest research-based information on horticulture, pest and disease management. We hope you will join us to network and learn this winter. Apple, Pear and Cherry Day will be held in Wenatchee, WA January 21-23, 2025 with a virtual webinar option. Okanogan Horticultural Day Feb 6.
Format
NCW Tree Fruit Days events in 2025 will be held in person with a virtual option through zoom webinars for Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Days.
Apple Day Topics
Session 1: Pest and Disease Management
- Codling moth reminders
- Avoiding resistance in codling moth
- New codling moth tools
- Aphids everywhere. Aphid management after a cool year
- Lacewing releases: Increasing your odds for success
- Organic preharvest fungicides
Session 2: New Varieties
- WA 64 apple
Session 3: Back to Basics
- Irrigation for fruit quality
- Apple rootstock cold hardiness
- Strategies to target biennial bearing
- Harvesting light
Credits
4 pesticide update credits will be available with WSDA approval.
Registration
Registration is required for virtual webinar attendance. Walk-ins okay for in person participation. In person event is free (sponsored, a $150 value). Thank you sponsors: Washington State University, Northwest Cherries, Pear Bureau Northwest, NCW Fieldmen’s Association. Virtual attendee registration fee ($30 for 3 day event) covers additional cost of audio visual technician/live streaming for event. Virtual registration here. Registered attendees should receive a confirmation from zoom the next business day.
Networking Lunch
Join us for the sponsored networking lunch which provides an opportunity to learn and network with your peers and visiting speakers. Sponsored lunch limited to the first 100 attendees per day. Apple Day Networking Lunch Sponsored by SymAgro. Register here.
Agenda (Draft)
Vendors
To join the tradeshow please contact the NCW Fieldmen’s association at ncwfieldman@nwi.net
Speakers
Achour Amiri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University. He focuses on tree fruit diseases in Washington State and Pacific Northwest with a focus on applied epidemiology of major pathogens in orchards and its linkage to post-harvest disease problems.
Betsy Beers, Professor and Entomologist, WSU Department of Entomology, Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center. Beers has worked for 30+ years on integrated pest management of apple and cherry pests.
Dani Gray is a WSU Extension Educator focused on integrated pest management.
Erica Casagrande Biasuz is a Sr. Technical Agronomist at Wilbur-Ellis in the Cascade Region. Her main responsibilities are the optimization of fertilization programs in fruit trees, and the evaluation of challenging orchards with a focus on developing tailored treatments alongside the water management team.
Ines Hanrahan is the Executive Director of the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission (WTFRC). She is fostering public-private partnerships with tree fruit scientists and companies worldwide, is highly dedicated to connecting with NextGen industry professionals, and to setting a positive example for an increasingly diverse global work force. Her interest in farming is not only part of her roots, education, and work. Her family owns and operates a commercial tree fruit orchard in the Yakima valley.
Jason Londo is an Associate professor of fruit crop physiology at Cornell University focusing on climate adaptation in apples and grapes. His research presentation will discuss the potential link between winter cold hardiness differences in apple rootstocks with ongoing appl tree decline.
Kate Evans is a Professor in WSU’s department of Horticulture and she has led the pome fruit breeding program since 2008.
Poliana Francescatto works for Valent BioSciences as a Global Technical Development Manager, with responsibilities for market and technical development of PGRs in fruit crops around the world. Before joining Valent BioSciences, Poli spent four years at Cornell University as a post-doc position as an applied fruit physiologist focusing on flower biology, plant growth regulators and crop load management of pome and stone fruit.
Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, Research Entomologist USDA ARS. Her lab focuses on biological control of arthropod pests of tree fruit, including apples, pears, and cherries.
Thiago Campbell grew up in Miami, Florida. His family owns a small-scale retail mango orchard. Campbell went to PSU for a Master’s and WSU for my Ph.D to gain more experience working with deciduous fruit.
Tobin Northfield is an Assistant Professor for WSU Department of Entomology. He leads an interdisciplinary task force comprising researchers and representatives from government and industry that works to improve management X-disease and Little cherry disease. He leads a project focusing on X-disease vector management including the use of cultural controls such as Surround and Extenday.
Credits Q&A
WSDA pesticide update credits. To receive credits for online attendance, participants must:
- Register each participant including pesticide license information. Make sure registrant name matches name on license.
- Attend the full morning session. The webinar software tracks the number of minutes each attendee has participation. 3 credit sessions require 150 minutes of pesticide related content.
- Respond to poll questions and check-ins during the workshop.
Common Zoom Problems and Trouble Shooting
- Cannot enter the webinar.
- Early? If you are early you will receive a message that the meeting has not started yet. Just wait and we will have webinar open soon.
- Enter the passcode: you can attend the meeting without a zoom account, but you have to enter the passcode to get in. Passcode: 1111.
- All online participants will be required to have a zoom account to sign in due to WSU security policies. Go to https://zoom.us/ to sign up (free) and don’t forget to check your email to confirm. Please make sure to sign in early and check that zoom is working for you and that recent updates have been downloaded.
- No sound
- Check your audio settings in zoom. Click on the up arrow close to the microphone icon at the bottom of your screen. Choose audio settings and check that you have the correct speaker and microphone checked.
- Check your audio in your computer settings.
- Still having trouble. Call (509) 293-8792. Note these phone numbers will be forwarded to volunteers during the hour before and after the webinar starts as Tianna will be running the meeting.
Common questions:
- Can I have multiple people watching on one computer? The webinar host can only verify attendance for each logged in participant. If it is not possible for each participant to login separately, please contact Tianna (509) 713-5346 in advance to designate a host for your site who can verify attendance.
