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Grape Scouting Report: Mildews, Rots, and Spots
Posted on June 22, 2021Symptoms of grape diseases have shown up in the vineyards at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS). Due to the recent drought conditions, disease […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update June 22, 2021
Posted onThe UW Insect Diagnostic Lab is in full “summer mode” based on the high caseload coming into the lab. A summary of recent fruit crop […]
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PARS Phenology Report June 22, 2021
Posted onMarquette grapes at the station are at about 10% flowering. Zestar, McIntosh, and Cortland apples are all at or past 20mm fruitlets.
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Managing Japanese Beetle and Rose Chafer
Posted on June 21, 2021Japanese beetles (Fig. 1) have now been observed last weekend around Dane county, but not yet at any of the vineyards we are monitoring for […]
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Grape Cultivar Developmental Stages: June 21, 2021
Posted onPhenology This week at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Verona, WI, cultivars are at various stages of setting and developing berries, ranging […]
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Managing Japanese Beetle in Apple
Posted onJapanese beetles have barely started to emerge in Wisconsin and they have become worrisome for apple growers in the last couple years. Japanese beetles are […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update June 18, 2021
Posted on June 18, 2021In 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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WAGA Apple Summer Field Day 2021
Posted on June 16, 2021The Wisconsin Apple Growers Association in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin Extension is holding the annual Apple Field Day, Thursday, July 8, 2021. The Field […]
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Irrigation Recommendations for Fruit Crops During Drought
Posted on June 10, 2021The climate of the upper Midwest is variable and at times, extreme. Fruit growers find themselves managing the effects of excess rainfall one season and […]
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Grape Scouting Report: A “Mixed Bag”
Posted onI received last week some pictures of these very interesting larvae within their casing made of grass blades and twigs (Figs. 1 and 2). The […]