College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

• Grand Rapids, Mich., area tree fruit regional report – July 9, 2013

  Published on July 9, 2013
  Summer has arrived and apple pests don’t take a vacation.

• Get more from your integrated pest management by attending our 2013 Academy

  Published on December 11, 2012
  Join us at the 2013 IPM Academy for discussions about how to practice IPM to get a better harvest in a world of shifting weather.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report– Aug. 13, 2013

  Published on August 13, 2013
  Spotted wing Drosophila continues to be caught in traps at most fruit farms across the region. Blueberry, peach, Japanese plum, fall red raspberry, blackberry and summer apple harvest continues.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – April 21, 2015

  Published on April 21, 2015
  Warmer spring like temperatures late last week and over the weekend quickly advanced development of our fruit crops.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – September 3, 2013

  Published on September 3, 2013
  Plum, pear, fall red raspberry and blackberry harvest continues. Gala harvest may begin late this week or next week.

• Southeast Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 4, 2017

  Published on October 4, 2017
  Several apple varieties are being harvested, including Golden Delicious, Northern Spy, Crispin and Fuji. Red Delicious is slow to mature this season.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – July 21, 2015

  Published on July 21, 2015
  Apple maggot trap catch has started and obliquebanded leafroller larvae continue being found. Summer apple variety harvest has begun and early peach varieties are expected soon.

• Kasumin has been granted a Section 18 Specific Exemption for fire blight control for 2012

  Published on March 30, 2012
  This Section 18 exemption applies only to counties where streptomycin-resistant isolates of the fire blight pathogen have been detected.

• Apple storage disorders and their control

  Published on August 24, 2010
  

• New video resources in tree fruit pathology from MSU

  Published on January 9, 2013
  Tree fruit growers can watch a wide range of instructional videos covering many major diseases of apples and cherries, as well as fungicide resistance management.

• New frost alarm available now on Enviro-weather

  Published on March 18, 2011
  Get notified of freezing conditions, 24 hours a day, seven days a week

• Check labels for pre-harvest intervals

  Published on August 28, 2017
  You cannot harvest a crop before a pre-harvest interval (PHI) expires.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – September 9, 2015

  Published on September 9, 2015
  Recent weather has delayed apple development and estimated picking dates.

• Northwest Michigan fruit regional report – July 22, 2014

  Published on July 22, 2014
  Sweet cherry harvest is in full swing and growers are applying ethephon in tart cherries. Tart cherry harvest will likely begin over the weekend and into next week. Overall fruit quality is good.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Aug. 31, 2017

  Published on August 31, 2017
  Early apple varieties are being harvested. Apple quality is looking pretty good.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – September 25, 2013

  Published on September 25, 2013
  With good weather in the forecast, apple harvest will be in full swing for most regions of northwest Michigan.

• Southeast regional report on Michigan fruit – June 4, 2012

  Published on June 4, 2012
  Apple scab spores were caught over the weekend (June 2-3). The few apple growers with an apple crop still need to be covered for this disease.

• Spotted wing Drosophila monitoring effort evaluation for 2014

  Published on October 21, 2014
  We are encouraging Michigan fruit growers to take a short survey to measure the effectiveness of MSU Extension’s 2014 spotted wing Drosophila statewide monitoring program.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 26, 2018

  Published on September 26, 2018
  Honeycrisp harvest is moving along quickly, and some growers are finishing this variety. McIntosh and Galas are next on the list for harvest.

• Starch chart for Honeycrisp apple fruit

  Published on August 29, 2012
  New starch chart available from Washington Treefruit Research Commission specifically for Honeycrisp apples.