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Summer Fruits
Featured stories covering summer fruits in this issue.
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Tracking pathogens
Whole genome sequencing tracks pathogens, perhaps to your door.
What is whole genome sequencing?
A member of Glass’s research group inoculates an apple with Listeria. The fruit is then used to make caramel apples, at which time they
Protect your customers, protect your orchard
Listeria is a true environmental bacterium, not requiring an animal host, and occurs naturally in water, soil and leaf litter, so eliminating it from the
Dininny: How FSMA impacts you
Food safety. Shannon Dininny Perhaps no two words have frustrated U.S. fruit growers more — growers who believe their products are already safe
Managing mummy berry
Researchers aim to improve control for blueberry disease.
Growers lay out future of family farm with succession plan
Generations to follow
New peach and nectarine varieties help Eastern growers compete
Marketing challenges in the Mid-Atlantic
Simple steps for water sampling
Researchers are educating packing house operators and growers about proper water sampling methods in orchards and vineyards.
Water sampling 101
Jennifer Chase of the University of California-Davis recommends holding containers away from equipment to prevent contaminants from entering the bottle or bag, during a
The math of food safety
Melissa Partyka, research ecologist at the Western Center for Food Safety at the University of California-Davis, has provided simple instructions for calculating your geometric mean
Assessment analyzes risk for spread of apple maggot
The PacifiClean composting facility in Quincy, Washington, is shown operational in the spring of 2015. Concerns over the spread of the apple maggot have
Reinventing the string thinner (Video)
California cling peach grower modifies Darwin for nonplanar orchards.
Wine grape revelations
Survey finds research program matches growers’ needs, but more education efforts may be necessary.