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Cranberries: New Reduced Risk Insecticide, Verdepryn
Posted on July 1, 2020Verdepryn is a new insecticide registered for use in Wisconsin on several crops including pome fruit, grape, berries and small fruit, which include cranberry. It […]
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Consider Buying Harvest PPE Now
Posted onWe are lucky that we work outdoors to feed our community, our country, and our world—so PPE for a respiratory pandemic may not be on […]
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First Appearance of Japanese Beetle in Southern Wisconsin
Posted on June 26, 2020Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) have now been reported in several counties, including Dane county. Only 1 JB was observed at the West Madison […]
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Grape Cultivar Developmental Stages: June 24, 2020
Posted onPhenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, shoot development as of June 24 ranged between E-L* stage 27 (“Setting, young […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update June 26, 2020
Posted onThe 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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Mechanical Summer Pruning in Apples
Posted on June 25, 2020Why 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
Posted onThis 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
Posted onLeaf 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
Posted onIn 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
Posted onCaseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been very high over the last two weeks. A summary of fruit crop pests submitted to the […]