Evaluation of Computer Vision Systems and Applications to Estimate Trunk Cross-Sectional Area, Flower Cluster Number, Thinning Efficacy and Yield of Apple by Luis Gonzalez Nieto, Anna Wallis, Jon Clements, Mario Miranda Sazo, Craig Kahlke, Thomas M. Kon, and Terence L. Robinson Edited by Mike Basedow, the full original article can be accessed here. Precision crop Read More…
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Tree Fruit News Blog: Fall Pre- Emergent Herbicide Reminders
Fall Pre-Emergent Herbicide Reminders Mike Basedow and Janet van Zoeren As harvest season is winding down, we wanted to recommend you consider a fall pre-emergent herbicide application. From our multi-year ARDP-funded pre-emergent herbicide timing trials, we found fall applications of either Chateau + Prowl or Alion controlled weeds as well or better than applications made Read More…
Cornell University Apple Storage Workshop: Key Takeaways
This post includes a few of the key takeaways from the Cornell Storage Workshop, held by the Watkins Lab in Ithaca on August 16, 2023. Key presenters were Christopher Watkins, Yosef Al Shoffe, Jennifer DeEll, and Mike Basedow.
USDA Disaster Designation for New York Will Assist Farms Impacted by May Freeze
This article was republished from Morning Ag Clips: https://www.morningagclips.com/usda-disaster-designation-for-new-york-will-assist-farms-impacted-by-may-freeze/ ALBANY — State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball announced that 31 counties across New York State have been designated as a primary natural disaster area by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) following the late May frost/freeze event. These designations mean that impacted farmers in Read More…
Tree Fruit News:The Use of Reflective Materials and Other Technologies for Improving Fruit Color on High Value Apple Cultivars in NY
The Use of Reflective Materials and Other Technologies for Improving Fruit Color on High Value Apple Cultivars in NY Mario Miranda Sazo, Craig Kahlke, Luis Gonzalez, and Terence Robinson Reflective Materials (or RMs) have become an effective technology for improving fruit color on high value apple cultivars. Two main materials have been adopted in Western Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Diazinon Shortage and Future Production
Mike Basedow and Monique Rivera This information was provided to us by Christelle Guédot, UW-Madison, Department of Entomology The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) performs registration reviews to reevaluate pesticides every 15 years to assess environmental and occupational risk. In March 2023, the EPA announced that it would accelerate the review process of Diazinon and other Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Cover Cropping Between Orchard Plantings for Improved Soil Quality and Weed Suppression
Mario Miranda Sazo For seeding in late June/early July, there are really only two cover crop choices at this time: One is sudangrass, or sorghum-sudangrass, and the other is buckwheat. Both grow rapidly in the summer warmth. Growers who are planning to plant a new orchard site (or a replant site) next year can consider Read More…
CCE ENYCHP Blog Post: Tree Fruit News: Post-Emergent Herbicide Reminders
Mike Basedow and Janet van Zoeren Hopefully everyone found a good window to get pre-emergent materials on earlier this spring or last fall. Now that we are approaching summer, you may be planning to do some follow up herbicide applications to clean up what came up through your pre-emergent application, and to also prevent some Read More…
CCE ENYCHP Blog Post: Tree Fruit News: Flyspeck sooty blotch disease overview and management
Līga Astra Kalniņa & Kerik Cox Cornell University Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology Flyspeck and sooty blotch usually will develop over time during time periods of very high humidity, so they are favored by prolonged cloudy weather, frequent showers, dense tree canopies and clustered fruit. Flyspeck sooty blotch can be a bigger problem in Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Frost Risk for Northern NY Tomorrow Morning (5/18)
Frost Risk for Northern NY Tomorrow Morning Mike Basedow We have a frost risk through much of Northern NY early Thursday morning. Here are some of the forecasted lows and windspeeds for a few locations throughout the region early tomorrow morning: Clifton Park: 31, wind 2-3 mph Burnt Hills: 31, wind 3-5 mph Fonda: 28, Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Fertilization of ‘Honeycrisp’ with Consideration of Rootstock to Manage Bitter Pit
Terence Robinson, Lailiang Cheng, and Mario Miranda Sazo In the last few years, we have studied nutrient levels in ‘Honeycrisp’ fruit as influenced by rootstock and found that some rootstocks impart higher potassium and nitrogen levels in the fruit than others. It does not seem that they have less Ca in the fruit, but the Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Petal Fall Insect Management Review
Monique Rivera, Ph.D., Cornell AgriTech, and Mike Basedow, CCE-ENYCHP As we will soon approach petal fall in portions of the Capital Region, we want to share a reminder of the key pests we are targeting during this critical timing. Woolly apple aphid This pest has been creeping into more blocks in ENY over the past Read More…