Fruit Program News
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SWD Update for week of June 9-15, 2013
June 9, 2013This week we found 2 cases where a single female SWD was caught in traps, one in Hampshire County, one in Southern Berkshire County.
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Covid-19 Guidance and Resources for Massachusetts' Fruit Farms
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New England Cider Apple Program at the NEVFC
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April Fruit Twilight Meetings
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MFGA Annual Meeting and UMass Extension Education Program
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
While trap captures are begining to increase, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug populations remain below threshold for tree fruit crops. There is not, currently, any recognized population threshold in small fruit. See the New England Tree Fruit Management Guide or the New England Small Fruit Management Guide for more information.
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Spotted Wing Drosophila Spray Tables for 2018
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2017 Program Survey
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Grape Disease Control for 2017 - Dr. Wayne Wilcox
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Fire blight conditions bordering on EXTREME
As of Friday morning, May 8, 2015, the risk of getting fire blight as we move into the weekend is very high to extreme across most of Massachusetts. Depending on your state of apple or pear bloom, the application of streptomycin to open bloom is highly recommended, maybe even essential. We have numerous resources available for helping you manage fire blight in 2015:
- An Annual Fire Blight Management Program for Apples: an Update
- May 5, 2015 Healthy Fruit
- Network for Environment and Weather Applications (NEWA)
- AgRadar
- New England Apple Decision Support System Maps
Please take this situation seriously so we can minimize the amount of fire blight we have in 2015. By the middle of next week, the fire blight risk should be less severe. If you do get fire blight symptoms, please let us know -- jon.clements@umass.edu, 413-478-7219, or Daniel Cooley, 413-531-3383 -- as we are surveying for fire blight resistance to streptomycin in 2015.