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Fruit Crops Edition
Seasonal updates on diseases, insects, weeds impacting tree fruit and small fruit (blueberry, cranberry, and wine grape). Fruit Pest Alerts are also available via this category feed.
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March 1, 2013 Dave Schmitt
Early Season Pest Control in Tree Fruit
February 28, 2013 Norman Lalancette
Peach Leaf Curl: Biology and Control
Disease management programs for peach and nectarine begin every year with control of leaf curl. In this article, we discuss some of the basic biology of leaf curl, as well as the methods used for its control. In a near future article, we’ll explore how the abiotic environment influences leaf curl development, and how climate change may be altering our management strategies. [Read more…]
February 19, 2013 Administrator
Grape Expectations Symposium
The symposium is a day-long series of lectures by professionals in viticulture, enology, and marketing.
Lectures are designed to present new and relevant information to professionals and amateurs involved with any aspect of grape growing or the wine industry.
This program will look at the similarities of the New Jersey terroir and Bordeaux and present methods to adapt our Mid-Atlantic grape and wine production to more closely resemble French methodology. The making of the 2011 Governor’s Cup winners will also be addressed. [Read more…]
January 31, 2013 Wes Kline
Blueberry Food Safety Training
Blueberry Food Safety Training will be held on February 20th at the Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research and Extension,
Location: 125A Lake Oswego Rd., Chatsworth, NJ.
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
$25 fee includes lunch.
To register call 609-726-1590
January 23, 2013 Anne Nielsen
Guthion Use Extension in Apple
The EPA has extended the use of azinphosmethyl (AZM) for this year allowing fruit growers to use existing stock. [Read more…]
January 11, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
American Cranberry Growers Association Winter Meeting
American Cranberry Growers Association Winter Meeting will be held Thursday, January 24 at the EcoComplex in Bordentown, NJ.
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