UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update June 25, 2021

In 2021, the PDDC continues with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity due to COVID-19.  Click here for the PDDC’s current submission policy.  The […]

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Call for WiBee Surveys!

The WiBee project is looking for cranberry surveys! Last year cranberries were our best represented crop with 78 surveys but we only have 12 this year […]

Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station Update

Wade Brockman Things here are moving very fast as the hybrid varieties are out of blossom and I would expect my Steven’s to be out […]

Cranberry Lake Update

Karl Pippenger Ben Lear and early varieties are about 25% pollinated, with Stevens slightly behind at 15-20%.  Some growers are beginning nitrogen applications on early […]

Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi & Cranberry: Mutualisms with Potential

Becca Honeyball & Amaya Atucha Mycorrhizal fungi are everywhere. These symbiotic organisms, a group of highly specialized root fungi, are naturally present in most every […]

Flying Dollar Update

Seth M. Rice Here in central Wisconsin our bloom progressed rapidly. It is nothing to see 10% a day! Some growers were calling their beekeepers […]

High Soil pH: Understanding Plant Nutrition in Cranberries

Senay Ugur, Emily Hahn, Jyostna Devi Mura In 2020, we conducted a preliminary study and found a significant effect of high soil pH (pH~ 7.2) […]

Revisiting the insecticide: Actara

By: Christelle Guédot, UW-Madison, Department of Entomology Actara is registered for use in Wisconsin on several fruit crops including pome fruit, stone fruit, berries and […]

Progress on the 2021 Pesticide Screening Program

Allison Jonjak, Christelle Guédot, Jed Colquhoun, and Leslie Holland As disease treatment windows close and we start counting insect number, continue degree day accumulation, and […]