Tree Fruit News May 2020

WSU Extension Specialist Karina Gallardo has recently revised the Tree Fruit Extension Economics website. We have also updated the Economics page on our Tree Fruit website to reflect those changes. The site contains all of…

Without any intervention, codling moth numbers increase about four-fold from generation to generation. Therefore, targeting the first generation is important to reset the population size to a minimum. Control measures for subsequent generations can be…

A pest of apples, including ornamental malus species, the apple leafcurling midge larvae feed in the growing shoots, causing gall-like thickening and rolling the leaves. The growing point can be killed, causing stunting or branching of…

New research results confirm resistance to Group 11 fungicides. More than half of the powdery mildew isolates had developed various levels of DMI (Group 3) resistance. Group 3 and 11 resistance was found in all…

The following questions arrose during the discussion at the end of the presentation by Dr. Matthew Whiting on Flowering, fruit set, and pollination biology hosted by Ashley Thompson, OSU, and Bernardita Sallato, WSU. Topics covered…

Proper identification of damage, defects, diseases, and disorders is the first step in solving the issue and producing quality fruit. Many issues can be difficult to identify because they look similar but may have completely different causes….

Decreasing availability and increasing cost of farm labor is a critical challenge faced by the agricultural industry around the world. Robotics has played a key role in reducing labor use and increasing productivity in farming….