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January 2023
2023 Apple Crop Protection Research Review
The WA Tree Fruit Research Commission would like to invite everyone interested to attend this year’s Apple Crop Protection Research Review. This hybrid event will feature continuing and final research project reports on Codling Moth Management, Insect Management, MRL’s, Soil and Rhizosphere Biology, Fireblight and Decay Management.
Find out more »2023 Apple Horticulture and Postharvest Research Review
The WA Tree Fruit Research Commission would like to invite everyone interested to attend this year’s Apple Horticulture and Postharvest Research Review. This hybrid event will feature continuing and final research project reports on Horticulture, Nutrient Management, Cosmic Crisp®, Postharvest, and Food Safety
Find out more »PACMAN Show and Tell
2023 PACMAN Briefing Agenda Thursdays 12 PM EST / 9 AM PST, via Zoom, pre-registration required here http://bit.ly/3B14LS7 Show and tell progress towards Precision Apple Crop load management JAN 12 – How can PACMAN help you make more money? Led by Jon Clements and Terence Robinson Terence Robinson – Updates on horticultural work, Flow chart for Precision Crop Load Management Jon Clements – RECIPE – Predicting fruit set using the fruitlet growth rate model apps (Malusim and Fruit Growth) Todd…
Find out more »February 2023
Next Gen Network: Technology for Next Generation Tree Fruit
Help identify technology options that will improve your profits and production.
Find out more »Okanogan Horticultural Society Meeting
Co-sponsored by WSU Extension and North Central Washington Fieldmen’s Association
Topics include: Fire Blight Common Questions and Answers, Cosmic CrispTM Marketing and Frequently Asked Questions, Managing WA 38 for High Quality Fruit, BMPs for Managing Nitrogen and Carbon Dynamics in Perennial Horticultural Crops, Pear Psylla: Everything you Wanted to know but were Afraid to Ask, Apple Leaf Curl Midge, Apple Maggot, and more.
Impact of Hot Weather on Postharvest Fruit Quality in Apple and Pear
Speaker: Dr. Carolina Torres, Associate Professor and Endowed Chair in Postharvest Systems, Washington State University This webinar is presented by the Postharvest Professional Interest Group The talk will cover the effect of environmental stress in the growing season on fruit maturity and quality postharvest in apples and pears. In particular, the effect of the unusual heat waves and high temperatures in Washington State during the last two seasons. Ripening patterns, acclimation prior to storage, and physiological disorders development will be…
Find out more »Taking Soil Health Principles to Practice: SOIL CON 2023
The Washington State Soil Health Initiative (WaSHI), with support from Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE), is happy to announce SoilCon 2023. This free, virtual conference will bring research, extension, and production together to move soil health principles into practice. SoilCon 2023 will be held on February 14th & 15th, with sessions running from 8:00 am-12:00 pm PST each day.
Find out more »2023 NW Pear Research Review
The WA Tree Fruit Research Commission on behalf of Fresh and Processed Pear Committees would like to invite everyone interested to attend this year’s Northwest Pear Research Review. This hybrid event will feature continuing and final research project reports on Insect Management, Disease Management, Postharvest and Rootstocks
Find out more »Fire Blight Fruit School: New Research from our National Team
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…
Find out more »March 2023
PACMAN Briefings – Session IV
Beyond Commercialization – Engineering Research for Crop Load Management: Engineering Briefing is being scheduled for March 8th and will include presentations by the engineering team at Penn State, Cornell, and MOOG.
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