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  East Michigan fruit update – July 28, 2020

  Published on July 28, 2020
  With another week of hot temperatures and not much precipitation, drought conditions returned. Blueberry harvest continues, early peach harvest begins and summer red and black raspberry harvest is ending.

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  Northwest Michigan fruit update – Aug. 25, 2020

  Published on August 25, 2020
  Brown marmorated stink bugs were detected adjacent to an apple block at the Northwest Michigan Horticulture Research Center.

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  Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – September 6, 2023

  Published on September 7, 2023
  Honeycrisp and Gala apple varieties are maturing quickly in 2023 in southwest Michigan.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – May 16, 2017

  Published on May 16, 2017
  The impact of the May 8 freeze is becoming apparent. Some crops were hit hard, other suffered little damage. Warm weather is moving plants and insects rapidly.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – July 28, 2015

  Published on July 28, 2015
  Lodi apple harvest is underway, with early peach and blueberry harvest continuing and summer red raspberry harvest wrapping up.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – September 28, 2016

  Published on September 28, 2016
  Apple harvest is moving along quickly despite wet conditions. Quality continues to improve, and apples from this region have excellent color.

• West Michigan tree fruit update – April 18, 2017

  Published on April 18, 2017
  Tree fruits are responding nicely to warmer weather.

• Management of apple scab in orchards with existing scab lesions

  Published on May 14, 2009
  

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  Bridge grafting girdled fruit tree trunks

  Published on March 26, 2014
  Bridge grafting is an option to help save trees with extensive bark damage inflicted by rabbits during the winter.

• Regional reports on Michigan fruit – August 7, 2012

  Published on August 7, 2012
  MSU Extension educators’ pest and fruit updates for Michigan.

• Northwest Michigan fruit update – June 29, 2021

  Published on June 29, 2021
  The region received rain for four days straight over the weekend, and lighter crops of sweet cherries are cracking.

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  Songwen Zhang plans to use her Ph.D. degree to continue solving fruit production problems

  Published on May 3, 2021
  Songwen chose an advanced degree in horticulture because horticulture is a field where researchers can help feed the world with their scientific findings

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  Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 7, 2020

  Published on October 7, 2020
  Honeycrisp harvest is wrapping up and growers are moving onto later varieties. There have been a lot of big trucks with apple boxes headed south in recent days.

• Tree death and dieback are evident in apple following Michigan’s hard winter

  Published on June 24, 2014
  Winter-killed and winter-injured apple trees exhibiting dieback symptoms have been observed throughout Michigan. Dead and dying apple trees and branches should be removed and burned as this tissue can be colonized by secondary fungal pathogens.

• Update on resistance to strobilurin fungicides in the apple scab fungus in Michigan

  Published on April 13, 2010
  

• Update on status of Section 18 request for Kasumin

  Published on April 8, 2010
  

• West Michigan tree fruit update – Aug. 1, 2017

  Published on August 1, 2017
  The end of summer is no break for pest management in tree fruits.

• East Michigan fruit update - July 3, 2018

  Published on July 3, 2018
  Sweet and tart cherry, summer red raspberry and saskatoon harvest continues. Black raspberry harvest is starting. All crops seem to be holding up well through the heat of the last few days. Cherry growers need to be on the lookout for cherry fruit fly.

• Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – October 2, 2013

  Published on October 2, 2013
  Apple harvest is at a peak, but labor is not.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – July 13, 2021

  Published on July 13, 2021
  Summer fruit harvest continues for berries and tree fruit. Spotted wing Drosophila numbers are starting to climb.