View Print Version

Join us for an intensive workshop focused on fire blight management. We will share the latest fire blight research. Lecture and discussion. The workshop will be hybrid with in-person and virtual participation.

February 23, 2023
WENATCHEE, WA + Online
Confluence Technology Center
285 Technology Center Way
Wenatchee, WA

March 1, 2023
TRAVERSE CITY, MI + Online
NW Michigan Horticultural Research Center
6686 S Center Highway
Traverse City, MI

Fire Blight Traveling Teams and Webinars flier

Credits

February 23, 2023: 3 pesticide update credits WA, OR, MT

March 1, 2023: 3 pesticide update credits MI, NY

With agency approval.

Registration

February 23, 2023 (Washington) – https://fireblightworkshopwenatchee.eventbrite.com

March 1, 2023 (Michigan) – https://events.anr.msu.edu/Fireblight_SCRI/

Topics

• Introduction to the Pathogen
• Bloom Infection Prevention with Antibiotics: The Basics
• Antibiotic Resistance
• Biopesticide Efficacy
• Using Prohexodine Calcium and Actigard for Shoot Blight Management
• Managing Fire Blight Infections: Pruning, Sanitation
• Using Systemic Acquired Resistance Products Therapeutics During Removal

Agenda Washington – February 23, 2023

9:00 Welcome

9:15 am Introduction to the Pathogen
Aina Baro, WSU Extension
Where does fire blight come from? What moves the pathogen around? The infection cycle.

9:25 am Bloom Infection Prevention with Antibiotics: The Basics
Tianna DuPont, WSU
Efficacy and timing of streptomycin, kasugamycin, and oxytetracycline products.

9:40 am Survey

9:50 am Antibiotic Resistance
Frank Zhao, WSU
Co-authors Ken Johnson, OSU; Kerik Cox, Cornell; George Sundin, MSU
Current levels of antibiotic resistance by region of the United States.

10:05 am Biopesticide Efficacy and Use
Ken Johnson, OSU
Co-authors: Tianna DuPont, Aina Baro, WSU; George Sundin, MSU; Kerik Cox, Cornell; Jim Adaskaveg, UC Davis; Sara Villani, NCSU
Review of biopesticide product trials from SCRI and previous work.

10:40 am Discussion

11:00 am Break

11:15 am Tree Response to Actigard/Apogee and other Inducers
Sara Villani, NCSU
Co-authors: Tianna DuPont, Aina Baro, WSU; Kerik Cox, Cornell; Jim Adaskaveg, UC Davis; George Sundin, MSU; Xiaochen Yuan, Iowa State
Review of ProCa and ASM trials from SCRI and previous work.

11:45 am Discussion

12:15 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Managing Fire Blight Infections: Pruning, Sanitation
Tianna DuPont, WSU
Co-authors: Ken Johnson, OSU; Kerik Cox, Cornell; Kari Peters, PSU
Summary of 8 on-farm replicated trials.

1:30 pm Using Systemic Acquired Resistance Products Therapeutics During Removal
Ken Johnson, OSU

2:00 pm Erwinia amylovora survival in cankers: What do we know
Ricardo Delgado Santander, WSU

2:10 pm Discussion

2:30 pm Closing and Pesticide Credits

Agenda Michigan – March 1, 2023

9:00 am Introduction Fire Blight AND Bloom Infection Prevention with Antibiotics
Dr. George Sundin, Dept. of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

9:45 am Biopesticide Efficacy and Use: Using Products that Work to Control Fire Blight
Dr. Kerik Cox, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, Cornell University

10:30 am Break

10:50 am Antibiotic Resistance
Dr. Frank Zhao, Plant Pathology, Endowed Chair in Bacterial Diseases of Tree Fruits, Washington State University

11:10 am Shoot Blight Management
Katherine Olive, Dept. of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

11:40 am Managing Fire Blight Infections: Pruning, Sanitation
Dr. Kerik Cox, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, Cornell University

12:10 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Tree Response to Actigard/Apogee and other Inducers (Zoom?)
Dr. Xiaochen Yuan, Dept. of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

1:20 pm Using Prohexadione Calcium and ASM for Shoot Blight Management
Dr. George Sundin, Dept. of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

1:50 pm Discussion

2:30 pm Closing and Pesticide Credits

Contacts Washington

Aina Baro Sabe
aina.barosabe@wsu.edu
(509) 293-8792

Tianna DuPont
tianna.dupont@wsu.edu
(509) 293-8758

Contacts Michigan

Nikki Rothwell
rothwel3@msu.edu
(231) 946-1510

Funding

Thank you to funding support from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Initiative.