In My View: Optimistic about pears
This winter, I was pleased to address a large number of growers at North Central Washington Pear Day in Wenatchee.
Certification not unique to produce
Agriculture, with its various food safety and sustainable production standards now required by many retailers, is not the only industry
Food Safety Committee guides research
The Pacific Northwest Food SafetyCommittee, an industry advisory group representing tree fruit growers, packers, and researchers, was organized in 2007
Extension leader has ambitious goals
Dr. Des Layne, Washington State University’s new and first tree fruit extension team leader, began work on February 1 with
U.S. pears head to China
The Pear Bureau Northwest is giving this framed God of Fortune poster to Chinese importers to demonstrate the profit opportunities
Enveloping vines in warmth
Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is on the edge of being able to successfully ripen many traditional wine grape varieties. And when
A new tool for IPM
Left: Syrphid fly (also known as hover fly) larvae or maggots like this are voracious predators of aphids. Center:
Bacterial canker
A classic bacterial canker symptom showing cankers and gummosis of woody tissue.PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY The
Topping shoots
Left: The control vines of Madeleine Angevine, not tented. Right: This photo was taken the same day in August
Bug pheromone studied
In tree fruit pest management, most monitoring and mating disruption technologies are based on pheromones that female insects release to