Fruit Matters – Tree Fruit News February 2024

An outline of current guidelines and evidence for effective pear pest management.

A project addressing individual tree nutrition requirements through a combination of automated sensing, machine learning algorithms, decision support tools, and variable rate technology.

Negotiations with the first potential licensee for WA 64 have begun.

Betsy Beers, WSU Entomology spoke at the 2024 NCW Tree Fruit Days on codling moth management. She described factors influencing trap catch and two years of new product efficacy data. NCW Tree Fruit Days is…

Don Thomson spoke on codling moth mating disruption at the 2024 NCW Tree Fruit Days. He described the importance of point sources, weather impacts on risk and the potential for resistance. NCW Tree Fruit Days…

Dr. Stefano Musacchi provides a tutorial on pruning Bartlett pear trees to optimize fruit quality. This includes using the concept of dynamic or renewal pruning, and the techniques of girdling, notching and limb bending. He…

A 25-minute crash course/Weather 101 answering basic questions about how weather works in the atmosphere.

This is the first of a four-part series from the sweet cherry cold hardiness webinar held on Oct 29, 2020. In this video, Overview of cold damage in tree fruit, Dr. Matthew Whiting, WSU professor, presents…