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November 2022
A New Approach to Reducing Cold Damage in Fruit Crops
Are you concerned about losing your crop to frost? WSU Extension is hosting a short workshop on A New Approach to Reducing Cold Damage in Fruit Crops When: 8 November, 10 am – 1 pm (lunch provided) Where: Student Union Building at Washington State University Tricities Campus, 2770 University Drive, Richland, WA. Video conference link available upon request New research at WSU has shown great potential for reducing cold damage in fruit crops using Plant-Based…
Find out more »Transitions: Finding hidden events in the apple and pear cold chain
Zoom Meeting ID : 970 4244 1325 | Passcode: 413161 URL: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/97042441325?pwd=WCtNL0ZaWDJZVXk0M1ltLzF3V3hMZz09 Date & Time: November 16, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PST) Location: CPAAS Large Conference Room, IAREC, Prosser Dr. David Rudell Postharvest Scientist, USDA-ARS, Wenatchee, WA
Find out more »December 2022
2023 Technology Research Review
The WA Tree Fruit Research Commission would like to invite everyone interested to attend this year’s Technology Research Review. This hybrid event will feature continuing research project reports on modeling orchard effects on meteorological measurements, decision support tools for precision orchard management, and the Next Fruit 4.0 project.Final reports will be presented on a novel automatic crop health observer, a novel on-the-fly variable-rate air flow & distribution sprayer, and the smart orchard.A full agenda, zoom link, and project reports will…
Find out more »Pear IPM Intensive
Join WSU Extension and the Pear IPM team for an intensive workshop delving deep into effective integrated pest management for pears December 14.
Find out more »January 2023
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 »2023 Cherry Institute
The topics for this year cover the latest in Little Cherry Disease research, labor issues, production economics, rootstock suitability, and post-harvest technology, as well as developments in crop load and nutrient management research.
Find out more »Apple Day – North Central Washington Tree Fruit Days
Join us for the latest research-based information on codling moth, soil health, mite management, trellis engineering, heat stress and more.
Find out more »Manejo de Frutales
Una taller para agricultores organizado por Washington State University Extension y NCW Fieldmen's Association. Este session es parte de North Central Washington Tree Fruit Days. Educational workshop covering horticulture and pest management. 2-3 WSDA Pesticide education certification credits will be available on WSDA approval. No cost to attend. No registration necessary. In person only. Topics Fuego Bacteriano / Fire Blight Exploración efectiva/ Scouting Diagnóstico de problemas en los árboles/ Diagnosing Tree Problems Manejo de ‘Leafhoppers’/ Leafhopper management Credits 2-3 WSDA…
Find out more »Pear Day – North Central Washington Tree Fruit Days
Join WSU Extension for the latest research-based information.
Find out more »PACMAN Show and Tell
Please join us for a series of Briefings by the PACMAN Research and Extension teams to update you on what we see as the current state of precision crop load management of apples. We are entering our third year of the USDA/NIFA/SCRI funded research and Extension project titled “Precision Crop Load Management for Apples” and we have interesting insights to share with on you vision based technologies and potential management implications!
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