Crop Management
Fertilization boosts sweet cherry health
Bacterial canker, San Jose Scale, poor plant nutrition and some exceptionally hard winters are all part of sweet cherry orchard decline, and foliar applications of nitrogen fertilizer in September continue to be a solid tool... more »
Organic blueberry growers hit mark with commercial operations
Organic blueberry growers can go toe-to-toe with commercial growers if they plant in raised beds, use a weed mat mulch and low amounts of nitrogen, according to a 10-year study from Oregon State University. Bernadine... more »
Phytelligence hires vice president of sales for grapes
Phytelligence, a leading agricultural biotechnology company that is revolutionizing food crops, today announced the addition of Curt Granger to its team as vice president of global sales for the grapes segment. Granger will lead the company’s... more »
RosBREED 2 halfway toward improved parent plants
Apple cultivars with ancient genetic resistance to the industry’s scourge of fire blight, and peaches with a consumer-friendly texture are just two of many targets that researchers with the RosBREED 2 program have in their... more »
UF professor helps write propagation textbook
Growers, students and professors use this textbook across the world, and now a University of Florida environmental horticulture professor has helped write the new edition of what those in the industry and academia consider the... more »
SWD Summit set for Nov 28; online link available
The 2017 Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) Summit will be Nov. 28 at the Northwest Michigan Horticulture Research Center in Traverse City, Michigan from 9:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.. Thanks to funding from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture... more »
MSU seeks input on impact of SWD on small fruit
Michigan State University's (MSU) Extension Small Fruit Team is seeking input regarding the impact of spotted wing drosophila on the 2017 Michigan berry production season. A Nov. 21 email message from MSU Extension Educator Carlos... more »
FDA report: Minimal pesticide residue issues detected
A new Food and Drug Administration report indicates 98 percent of domestic and 90 percent of imported foods tested in fiscal year 2015 met federal pesticide residue limits. The 47-page report, available online, examined pesticide residues... more »
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