Good to Know: Irrigation scheduling
Troy Peters, left, checks the irrigation scheduler on his phone in a cherry orchard with Sean Hill, AgWeatherNet Web developer,
Future pear research area
AVG could be a valuable new tool, along with NAA, for preventing premature fruit drop in pears. Some questions for
Steps to manage canker
Scientists have developed the following integrated approach to manage canker in cherries: Avoid interplanting new with old trees. Rain can
Good to Know
VG is a substituted amino acid derived via fermenting the naturally occurring antibiotic rhizobitoxine. After its activity was discovered in
New group begins work
A new marketing and research group has consolidated the California cherry industry into one voice, says Chiles Wilson, chair of
Good to Know
Premature fruit drop can cause 20 percent or more yield loss in pears without intervention. Natural drop signals fruit maturity
Prevent transplant shock
How to give your new trees a good start in life.
Contain root growth
Four-year-old Packham trees on Winter Nelis rootstock planted 22.5 cm (9 inches) apart on Open Tatura (9,876 trees per hectare,
Snow apple of Quebec
The Fameuse is a taste sensation, but its bad habits doomed the cultivar
Irrigating cherry orchards efficiently
Lapins fruit quality was excellent in all three years of the deficit irrigation study. Todd Einhorn A significant portion of