February 15, 2020

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Disease Management

Featured stories covering disease management and other topics in this issue.

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Tart cherry growers to vote on free markets or orderly marketing

Tatura system formal attire for cherry orchards

Buy-in for biopesticides

Rational mealybug management recommended

Growers facing a time of tough decisions

Growers keeping watch for phylloxera

The apple scab fungus, Ventura inaequalis, seen under a microscope in the Cornell AgriTech lab of pathologist Awais Khan in Geneva, New York, in July. He’s growing scab in the lab to study the genetic variation in the pathogen population, which matters because understanding an evolving pathogen can help researchers identify more durable disease-resistance genes for breeding. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Apple scab study aims for disease-resistant genes

Rot resistance leads to one less tool

Fighting fungicide failure

Matt Murphy, a young grower from Geneva, New York

Good to Know: The 1-2-3 rule for renewal pruning