June 2008 Issue

Prevar Releases Apple Variety Prevar Ltd., a company that commercializes new apple and pear varieties from the HortResearch breeding program

Pheromone-dispensing puffers, around for a decade, have an extensive reach in California where they are used for mating disruption in

Derk VanKonynenburg, center, shares cooling details. Evaporative cooling can help improve fruit quality, reduce tree stress, and promote return bloom,

Fresh cherries continue to create excitement in produce departments. Consumption of fresh cherries in the United States has increased 400

Unseasonably cold temperatures occurring at bloom time may have taken some of the shine off the Pacific Northwest cherry crop,

For many pear growers, irrigation seems like just a routine chore, but irrigation may be the single most important factor

Microdrip irrigation resulted in substantial water savings compared with microsprinkler methods in a seven-year, University of Idaho irrigation study on

Wounds, such as this one caused by trellis wire, provide entry points for the apple clearwing moth. The flight of

Water meters could help British Columbia fruit growers better manage orchard irrigation, if a decade of experience in the South

During the four years since Washington State introduced its cholinesterase-testing program for farmworkers who handle certain pesticides, the number of