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USDA awards money for blueberry, cranberry breeding

May 12, 2020
Artificial spur extinction uses the size of the branch to determine the number of fruit it can comfortably carry, as seen on the tree at right. Conventional thinning, on the other hand, seeks to leave the same number of fruit on each branch, regardless of its size, as seen on the tree at left. By treating each branch variably, ASE creates more uniformity within the tree. Courtesy Suzanne Bishop

Bud removal can control the flower power

May 11, 2020

Farm market sales go on with social distancing

May 5, 2020

Mediterranean modernization

April 23, 2020

A forgotten fruit region finds itself

April 23, 2020

New research station underway in West-central Michigan

April 23, 2020

Dicamba drift decision: $265 million

April 21, 2020
Because it evolved in forests, the cherry tree can grow up to 135 feet. That incredible vigor can make it difficult to manage, as seen in the photo at left, taken during an Italian cherry harvest about a century ago. (The handmade wooden ladders are 35 to 40 feet long.) But over the years, dwarfing rootstocks and a greater knowledge of the tree’s physiology have tamed the forest giant, allowing researchers to guide its natural growth habit into a shape as unusual as a UFO (upright fruiting offshoots) system, seen at right. (Photos courtesy Greg Lang/Michigan State University)

Growing from there to here

April 7, 2020

Still no answer for bitter pit

April 7, 2020

Precision vision on 2020 IFTA Michigan tour

April 7, 2020