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May 2024
Día de campo: Importancia y manejo del riego en Frutales
Acompañenos a aprender sobre la importancia del riego en diferentes estados de desarrollo, el efecto del riego en la nutrición y desórdenes fisiológicos. Vamos a revisar conceptos básicos del riego, la relación suelo - planta - agua, tecnología de riego: monitoreo y automatización.
Find out more »Pear Pest Management Discussion Group
Join us for a discussion of biocontrol and thresholds. What natural enemies are in the orchards? What are they doing? How many is enough?
Find out more »Food Microbiology 101 for the Fresh Produce Industry Training – May
Many people involved with managing food quality and safety have not been exposed to traditional education in food microbiology. This 2.5-day course will seek to provide foundational information as it relates to the microbiology of fresh fruits and vegetables. Topics will cover an introduction to food microbiology, culturing microorganisms from food and the environment, and mechanisms to control and inactivate microorganisms in fresh produce. A special focus will be placed on providing information for foodborne pathogens. There will be afternoon…
Find out more »Fire Blight Summer Sanitation Field Visit
A field demonstration of best management practices for cutting fire blight during the spring and summer. Will include demonstration, new research and hands-on activities.
Find out more »Columbia Basin Tree Fruit Club
In our May Columbia Basin Tree Fruit Club meeting Tobin Northfield, WSU Endowed Chair of Tree Fruit Entomology and Integrated Pest Management, and his team will provide and Update on Little Cherry Disease findings and plans for Codling moth management Venue: Country Gentleman 9221 W Clearwater Ave, Kennewick, WA 99336 When: Tuesday, May 28th 5:00pm start social 5:30pm Presentations If you want to receive email invitations to the club meetings, please add Columbia Basin Tree Fruit Club in your subscription…
Find out more »June 2024
2024 Virtual Orchard Meetups – Water Wisdom: Navigating Tree Fruit Production Through Drought and Deluge
Water Wisdom: Navigating Tree Fruit Production Through Drought and Deluge. Over the past decade, growers have experienced unpredictable rainfall, water availability challenges, droughts and deluges. We want to explore methods for adapting to these challenges and discuss alternatives for efficient irrigation practices, including advances in irrigation technologies that help growers produce high quality fruit.
Find out more »WA 64 Spring Field Tour South Central Washington
Join Kate Evans, Stefano Musacchi and Bernardita Sallato who will talk about the new apple variety WA 64 in two field tours. Learn what we know so far about this new apple and how to grow it.
Find out more »Pear Pest Management Discussion Group
The Pear Pest Management Discussion Group is designed for Washington pear growers, consultants and researchers to learn from each other.
Find out more »2024 Virtual Orchard Meetups – Water Wisdom: Navigating Tree Fruit Production Through Drought and Deluge
Water Wisdom: Navigating Tree Fruit Production Through Drought and Deluge. Over the past decade, growers have experienced unpredictable rainfall, water availability challenges, droughts and deluges. We want to explore methods for adapting to these challenges and discuss alternatives for efficient irrigation practices, including advances in irrigation technologies that help growers produce high quality fruit.
Find out more »2024 Virtual Orchard Meetups – Water Wisdom: Navigating Tree Fruit Production Through Drought and Deluge
Water Wisdom: Navigating Tree Fruit Production Through Drought and Deluge. Over the past decade, growers have experienced unpredictable rainfall, water availability challenges, droughts and deluges. We want to explore methods for adapting to these challenges and discuss alternatives for efficient irrigation practices, including advances in irrigation technologies that help growers produce high quality fruit.
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