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Calling out the codes in the trees

April 18, 2019

No-match letters from the Social Security Administration are back

April 11, 2019
Growers and researchers increasingly recognize that a one-size-fits-all approach to irrigation is not the best fit for maximizing fruit quality and controlling vigor. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower photo illustration)

Growers try fighting vigor with water

April 9, 2019
In 2017, Cornell University physiologist Lailiang Cheng planted Honeycrisp on a variety of rootstocks in sand cultures as part of an experiment to understand how different rootstocks vary in their ability to uptake and deliver nutrients to the scion. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

Project examines rootstock’s role in bitter pit

April 4, 2019

Water wins for Eastern Washington

April 4, 2019
A delegation led by the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission visits the Wageningen Research Center, Proeftuin Randwijk orchard on Feb. 6, 2019, in Wageningen, Netherlands. (Courtesy Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission)

Washington researchers get a look at European innovations

April 2, 2019

Using sensors to test vineyard stress

April 2, 2019
Xin Zhang, a graduate student at Washington State University, collects data during the second year of testing a new crop load estimation mobile phone application in October in Wapato, Washington. She and several other WSU students are working with ag engineer Manoj Karkee to provide growers an easy-to-use tool to better calculate crop size with smartphones. Results from the first year of testing were promising, showing 95 percent crop load estimate accuracy in this particular block of Fuji apples. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Canopy camera in your pocket – Video

March 26, 2019

Management of grapevine trunk diseases varies by region

March 26, 2019
A Petri dish shows the growth of fungal pathogen Metarhizium, which parasitizes the varroa mite, a notorious honeybee parasite. Placing the dish inside a hive so it can release spores and infect the mites has been shown to reduce mites and increase hive longevity, according to Jennifer Han, a postdoctoral researcher breeding Metarhizium at Washington State University. (Courtesy Nick Naeger/Washington State University)

Researchers look to fungi to help keep honeybees healthy

March 21, 2019