Author: jrusso2
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Posted on June 26, 2020
UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update June 26, 2020
The PDDC is now once again accepting physical samples for diagnosis, but due to COVID-19, only with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity. Click […]
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Posted on June 25, 2020
Mechanical Summer Pruning in Apples
Why should you summer prune? There are many benefits to summer pruning including increasing fruit color, reducing vigor, and most importantly reduce the amount of […]
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Post-Bloom Fire Blight Management
This article was originally posted in Wisconsin Fruit News Volume 3, Issue 4 on June 1, 2018. Apple bloom for 2018 is history for most […]
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Time for Tissue Analysis in Fruit Crops
Leaf tissue analysis is the best indicator of plants’ nutritional status as it directly measures the concentration of nutrients in the plant. A soil test […]
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Tissue Analysis to Determine Nutrient Status of Cold-Hardy Wine Grapes
In Wisconsin, mature leaf petiole is the most common tissue used to assess the vines nutritional status. There are two recommended timing for petiole sampling: […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update June 25, 2020
Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been very high over the last two weeks. A summary of fruit crop pests submitted to the […]
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Posted on June 23, 2020
Be Ready for Spotted-Wing Drosophila
Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD; Fig 1) has not yet been detected in Wisconsin but has been reported in other Eastern and Midwestern states, including Minnesota. The […]
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Posted on June 22, 2020
New Reduced Risk Insecticide: Verdepryn
Verdepryn is a new insecticide registered for use in Wisconsin on several crops including pome fruit, grape, berries, and small fruit, including cranberry. It was […]
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New Dicamba and 2,4-D Fact Sheet Series Available
The Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) recently released a new fact sheet series on dicamba and 2,4-D drift. According to […]
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Posted on June 19, 2020
UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update June 19, 2020
The PDDC is now once again accepting physical samples for diagnosis, but due to COVID-19, only with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity. Click […]