TO ALL LOCATIONS WITH THE POME FRUIT IN VIRGINIA: Even though there is no risk in NEWA EIP model for fire blight infection, there is a warning issued this evening for isolated severe thunderstorms predicted for Virginia locations in most of the Shenandoah Valley and …

(I) APPLE SCAB, RUSTS, POWDERY MILDEW: If the weather forecast for 10 – 12 April becomes a reality, and we do get long hours of rain events and leaf wetness predicted, according to NEWA apple scab model we will get a severe apple scab and …

As we predicted in the previous blog post: from 3 – 7 April, Major Fire Blight and Apple Scab Infections Predicted With Rains From 3 – 6 April in All Virginia, Varying Slightly Depending on Location: Look at Your Disease Models, Juniper rusts started being …

(I) BROWN ROT (Monilinia species). In many locations with wet springs, brown rot is key driver of your stone fruit spray program. Fruit protection using alternation of fungicides with different modes of action is essential to avoid fungicide resistance and have good quality fruit at …

1. Heat and rain predicted from 3- 6 April will lead to major fire blight infections in all Virginia:  The below outputs from the NEWA EIP model using NWS forecast show that we are expecting a series wetting events on 3rd, 4th all the way …

Southern Virginia entered apple bloom 10 days ago and Central Virginia entered bloom on 27 March. Right after that we have a first one or two infection periods predicted in Winchester (30 and 31 March – if you have very early blooming crab apples), Tyro …

A standard recommendation for delayed dormant copper is applying it on apples between Silver Tip and until but NOT beyond quarter inch green tip (QIG), by looking at the floral apple buds (these are wider in appearance and on spurs; leaf buds are pointy and …

Hi All, Please share with any interested applicants in your town or farm: We are looking for wage personnel at Virginia Tech’s AHS Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center, located in Winchester, Virginia. Join the dynamic tree fruit pathology research team at Virginia Tech’s AHS …