March 15th 2013 Issue

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Growth

Featured stories about pollination, fruiting and pest management appear in this issue.

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Got FRUIT?

Apple name delights grower

Kill the pathogen

Conserving wild pollinators

The Top 5: What growers can do to improve pollination success

Codling moth: It’s what’s for dinner.

Working with copper

The commercialization plan for WA 38 will be different than for its first release, WA 2.

WA 38 will have a name

Preventing mildew

Water inside grapes

No fruit, no funding

Good to Know: Consumer expectations of apple quality

Deer Wars

Living with cherry diseases

The apple industry uses Manchurian crab as a pollinizer because of its compatibility with the major apple varieties. This Manchurian is pictured in a Gala orchard.

What could replace Manchurian?

Bee Care Center

Focus on next season

Integrated Crop Pollination

Project objectives

Developing a disease management program

Promotion and management of pear fruiting