Powdery Mildew Management Review for 2025

Powdery Mildew Management Review for 2025 Anna Wallis, Kerik Cox, Mike Basedow Incidence of apple powdery mildew has been increasing over the past few years across NY. Most likely, this is related to environmental conditions more conducive to disease development, especially warmer, more humid conditions early in the season, with greater intervals between rain events. Read More…

Tree Fruit Blog: Diazinon and Ziram restrictions for the Canadian Market

Anna Wallis, Janet van Zoeren and Monique Rivera, Cornell Cooperative Extension & Cornell University CALS Program What are the actual regulations?  Diazinon and Ziram are two materials recently under scrutiny in tree fruit production. Diazinon is an organophosphate insecticide, that has been an effective management tool for pre-bloom control of San Jose Scale and post-bloom Read More…