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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update September 18, 2020
Posted on September 18, 2020The 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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Grape Fruit Maturity Report from Peninsular Ag Research Station (PARS)
Posted on September 17, 2020Continuing until harvest, we will report the fruit ripening chemistry metrics for the cultivars at PARS in Door county, measures that are typically used to […]
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Berry Splitting and Insect Pests: Wasps in Numbers and Other Insects To Consider
Posted onAt this time, social wasps, multicolored Asian ladybeetles (MALB) and Drosophila flies are likely present in your vineyards looking for sugar sources to feed on […]
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Grape Cultivar Developmental Stages: September 15, 2020
Posted onCorrection to note: The titratable acidity value for Frontenac from September 1 was corrected from 9.6 to 19.9 g/L tartaric acid equivalence in Table 1 […]
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Berry Splitting in Grapes, Should You Harvest?
Posted onLast week, as we were making progress towards a potentially great grape harvest at the West Madison Ag Research Station (WMARS), we got over 3 […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update
Posted onCaseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has decreased with September’s arrival. A summary of relevant insects and fruit crop pests submitted to the UW […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update
Posted on September 11, 2020The 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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Cranberries: Coloring Up
Posted on September 9, 2020As temperatures cool, cranberries darken up. Color and total anthocyanin content (TAcy) increase together, and both TAcy and color contribute to the active market for […]
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Berry Update Webinar: Spotted Wing Drosophila, Fall Bed Prep
Posted on September 8, 2020We apologize for the delay in posting this webinar that was presented on August 12 due to technical reasons. This webinar covers a Fall berry update, […]
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Grower Update: Gardner Cranberry
Posted onMother Nature wasn’t afraid to let us know that harvest is here! Chilly nights and cool mornings already. Here at Gardner’s we are starting harvest […]