Newsletter
Fruit Matters – Tree Fruit News – February 2023
In this Issue: Smart Orchard Soil Summary, Leaf abscission, 2023 WA Tree Fruit Research Commission Grant Awards for Technology, Meet Our New Communications Coordinator, PACMAN…
Tree Fruit News January 2023
In this Issue: Pruning & Training - Apple, Bartlett Pear Pruning, Remove Fire Blight Cankers Now to Reduce Risk this Year, The Complexities and Opportunities…
Fruit Matters – Tree Fruit News Dec 2022
Optimizing orchard weather data. Pear psylla phenology IPM. Replant strategies for X-disease. Pruning Bartlett pears. Assessing cold damage. Sanitation for codling moth.
Tree Fruit News November 2022
In this issue: Let’s Talk about Deficit Irrigation, Using Soil Moisture Sensors in Pears, Survey to producers on Insect Mating Disruption in Specialty Crops, Reducing…
Tree Fruit News October 2022
In this Issue: Fall Nutrient Sprays in Tree Fruit, Comparison of Postharvest Spots, The Importance of Room and Bin Sanitaiton to Reduce Postharvest Decay, Pear…
Tree Fruit News September 2022
In this Issue: MCP for WA 38, WA 38 Defect guide, 2022 Commercial Harvest and Storage Criteria, Consumer Preference for Pears, WA38 Field Tour, and…
Tree Fruit News – August 2022
In this Issue: VIrtual Orchard Meetup Series, BMP's for tree removal for X disease and Little Cherry Virus infected trees, Cost share funds available to…
Tree Fruit News – July 2022
Review different resources in English and Spanish for Little Cherry Disease monitoring and management. Get updated information about sunburn and heat stress mitigation strategies, heat…
Tree Fruit News – June 2022
Review different resources in English and Spanish for Little Cherry Disease monitoring and management. Learn about new tools to monitor and map heat stress in…
Tree Fruit News – May 2022
In this Issue: Summary of WSU session on cold weather effects on pollination, fruit set, and hardiness in apples and cherries, What does the X-disease/LCD…
