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2025 Notes from the Field: A Growers Perspective
Posted on April 10, 2025Introducing Josie Dillon, New Statewide Fruit Outreach Specialist Hello and welcome back to another season of Notes from the Field: A Grower’s Perspective! The goal […]
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Fruit Phenology Update April 11, 2025
Posted onAs the growing season is about to start, I want to provide you with a brief update on where crops stand here in southern Wisconsin […]
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Understanding and Preventing Southwest Injury (Sunscald) in Young Trees
Posted onSouthwest injury, also known as sunscald, is a wintertime phenomenon affecting certain deciduous trees, particularly young ones with thin bark. This damage occurs on the southwest […]
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Climate Change Impacts on Tree Fruits and Viticulture in the Midwestern Region
Posted on January 22, 2025Tree fruits and grapes, like all crops, are susceptible to challenges caused by a changing climate. Currently observed changes and projected future changes will affect […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update November 15, 2024
Posted on December 19, 2024The following diseases/disorders were identified at the PDDC from November 9, 2024 through November 15, 2024. PLANT/SAMPLE TYPE DISEASE/DISORDER PATHOGEN COUNTY FRUIT CROPS […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update November 8, 2024
Posted on November 14, 2024The following diseases/disorders were identified at the PDDC from November 2, 2024 through November 8, 2024. PLANT/SAMPLE TYPE DISEASE/DISORDER PATHOGEN COUNTY FRUIT CROPS […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update October 4, 2024
Posted on November 5, 2024The following diseases/disorders were identified at the PDDC from September 28, 2024 through October 4, 2024. PLANT/SAMPLE TYPE DISEASE/DISORDER PATHOGEN COUNTY FRUIT CROPS […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update September 27, 2024
Posted onThe following diseases/disorders were identified at the PDDC from September 21, 2024 through September 27, 2024. PLANT/SAMPLE TYPE DISEASE/DISORDER PATHOGEN COUNTY FRUIT CROPS […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update October 11, 2024
Posted onThe following diseases/disorders were identified at the PDDC from October 5, 2024 through October 11, 2024. PLANT/SAMPLE TYPE DISEASE/DISORDER PATHOGEN COUNTY FRUIT CROPS […]
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Weed of the Week: Foxtails
Posted on September 24, 2024Highlighting one popular (or unpopular) weed from the classic book Weeds of the Cranberry Marsh: Jed Colquhoun, Teryl Roper, Josh Sulman. ©2009 by the Wisconsin […]