Breeding cherries for hot climates
Bob Andersen retired as Cornell’s stone fruit breeder in 2004, when this picture was taken, and now works with David
Grape growers worry about herbicide drift
This 50-acre Creekbend Vineyard planting is surrounded on three sides by field crops. It's registered on the Pesticide Sensitive Crops
Cracking susceptibility varies
Ines Hanrahan Harvest is a few weeks away, and rain is in the forecast. Before rushing to apply products to
Keeping cherry growing profitable
Du Chen, a visiting doctoral student at Washington State University in Prosser, tests a cherry with a digital force gauge.
There’s a home for unwanted fruit
Northwest Harvest gleaning volunteers show plums that they picked for a western Washington food bank. Northwest Harvest Jami Willard hates
Who’s making the decisions?
A thousand pear growers in Washington and Oregon received a survey this spring asking about their pest management practices. Dr.
British cherry breeding to continue
Cherry breeding at East Malling Research Center in the United Kingdom will continue thanks to a three-way partnership involving East
IPM in peril
For nearly 40 years, integrated pest management has been the hallmark of progressive thinking in fruit production and agriculture generally.
DriftWatch shows sensitive crops
These pushpin-like balloons identify sites that are sensitive to ill effects from spray drift. Growers register the sites so neighbors
Vineyard water research details
The sustainable vineyard water management research project, directed by Dr. James Ayars, involves a team of more than 20 researchers,