Tag: Allison Jonjak
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Posted on April 25, 2023
2023 Cranberry Mini-Clinic Recap
On April 19th, we had 56 cranberry growers join us at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station for the annual Spring Mini-Clinic. Livestream locations, hosted by […]
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Posted on September 14, 2022
The Development and Evolution of Cranberry Genetic Profiles: Perry Red, or Crowley, That Is the Question.
The USDA Cranberry Genetics and Genomics Lab (CGGL) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison group began compiling genetic fingerprinting data in 2011. Since then, they have […]
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Posted on September 13, 2022
Spotted Lantern Fly: Wisconsin Cranberries Less at Risk Than Other Crops/Locations
The Spotted Lantern Fly (SLF) is an invasive planthopper native to Asia, which was first detected in the US (Pennsylvania) in 2014. Its highly invasive […]
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Posted on August 9, 2022
Growth of Vegetation and Growth of Berries
As I work to understand the current state of cranberry research, the UW-Madison research faculty often helpfully point me to important research that has stood […]
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Posted on August 8, 2022
Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Bad: Reconsidering Potassium Fertilization in Cranberries
Potassium (K) is an essential nutrient for plant development and for sustaining high-yield and fruit quality. There are many physiological processes in which K is […]
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Posted on July 19, 2022
Calculating Percent Out of Bloom
There’s no new information in this article. Cranberry growers today calculate % out of bloom following the same time-tested calculation we’ve been using for generations. […]
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Posted on June 28, 2022
Calculating Percent in Bloom
There’s no new information in this article. Cranberry growers today calculate % in bloom following the same time-tested calculation we’ve been using for generations. Because […]
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Posted on June 7, 2022
Genetic Fingerprinting at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station: Part 2
After the cultivars present in each bed at the newly-dedicated Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station were fingerprinted and named (see CCMJ 35.2), Dr. Zalapa’s lab was […]
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Posted on June 6, 2022
Vegetative Side Shoots
Following spring hailstorms, many growers throughout Wisconsin are observing vegetative side-shoots on uprights. In many cases the uprights that exhibit later shoots also have an […]
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Posted on May 17, 2022
Genetic Fingerprinting at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station: Part 1
Cultivar contamination—whether by sport seeds that germinated from an unharvested berry, or by impure cuttings used for propagation when a bed was planted—prevents cranberry growers […]