February 15, 2017

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Disease Management

Featured stories covering disease management in this issue.

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(iStock images/Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower illustration)

The GMO debate gets more complicated

Crispr chart Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower illustration

Cutting-edge technique to keep pathogens away

The second generation of apple trees bred with resistance to blue mold from a wild ancestor are growing in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory in Kearneysville, West Virginia. DNA tests developed through RosBREED and apples genetically engineered to flower early are helping researchers introduce the disease resistance into high-quality cultivars faster. (Courtesy Jay Norelli, USDA Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory)

Taming traits from the wild genome

Auvil: Are you ready for automated harvests?

A typical pear planting in the Ceres growing area, located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, is shown during an Interpera Congress tour in November. Trees are typically planted 5 feet apart, with 13 feet between rows, on mounded soil with vigorous rootstock. The training targets a fruit wall. (Courtesy Bob Gix)

Gix: Pear industry unites

Tissue culture company begins selling plants directly to growers – Video

Both the fruit and foliage show mildew symptoms, indicating that the fungicide product, timing or rate was not effective in controlling grape powdery mildew. (Good Fruit Grower file)

Tips for putting the fight back in fungicide

Andre Harrell evenly coats floor drains with chlorine foam before scrubbing debris off surfaces during a cleaning and sanitation workshop held by WSTFA at a Yakima valley packing house in July. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Is it really clean? Aggressive cleaning makes big difference

Researchers collect apples for analysis after treatment in a split dump tank system. (Courtesy Ines Hanrahan)

Woods: Food safety answers

Alfredo Jeronimo, a young grower from Wenatchee, Washington