The Hudson Valley Research Laboratory will be hosting its Annual Membership Meeting on March 31, 2016 4:00 PM. The meeting will be hosted by the HVRL Board of Directors with membership from the regional tree fruit, small fruit, grape and … Continue reading
The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) is celebrating its 20th year anniversary in August. Since the passing of FQPA in 1996, the mandate to develop a health-based standard for pesticides used in foods has seen some losses of older insecticides … Continue reading
The Hudson Valley Research Laboratory will be hosting its Annual Membership Meeting on March 31, 2016 4:00 PM. The meeting will be hosted by the HVRL Board of Directors with membership from the regional tree fruit, small fruit, grape and … Continue reading
By Gemma Reig and Peter Jentsch Early evening observations on NY2 apple variety at the HVRL noted showed early green tip yesterday evening. Less then 50% of the buds showed green last evening. Predicted sunlight and moderate temperatures will likely … Continue reading
By Gemma Reig & Peter Jentsch Over the past three weeks we have sampled buds of grape, stone and pome fruit to determine the extent of 2016 winter injury. Cut cane and tree fruit branches were either placed into a … Continue reading
A portion of the overwintering adult psylla population reside in the orchard where they remain in diapause until temperatures exceed 45F. The overwintering females will then seek out males and mate before fertile eggs can be deposited on branches during … Continue reading
Forecast for the next seven days show a warming trend with prolonged moderating temperatures. That said we are gearing up to flush and calibrate our sprayers this week. Applications for San Jose scale (SJS) control should begin once the insect … Continue reading
In the best Hudson Valley vineyard sites there will be minimal loss of buds and cane damage to grape to date. The winter low temperature in Highland, NY was -10.6F, recorded at the experimental vineyard at the Hudson Valley Research … Continue reading
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