UMass IPM Fruit Loop

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management. 

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management. 

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management. 

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management. 

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management. 

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

Welcome to the UMass IPM Fruit Loop podcast, your juicy source for all things fruit-related! Hosted by the Fruit Team, this podcast is the perfect complement to our weekly newsletter, Healthy Fruit. Join our team of experts, including horticulturalists, professors, and educators, as we dive into the world of fruit production and management.

ON JANUARY 24TH DR JASON LONDO, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT SCIENCE HORTICULTURE SECTION AT CORNELL AGRITECH PRESENTED AT THE ANNULA MFGA WINTER MEETING. 

JASON JOINED THE HORTICULTURE SECTION FACULTY IN JANUARY 2022 AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FRUIT CROP PHYSIOLOGY AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION. PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS A RESEARCH GENETICIST WITH THE USDA-ARS GRAPE GENETICS UNIT, LOCATED AT CORNELL AGRITECH IN GENEVA, NEW YORK. 

WHEN VISITING US HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS, DR. LONDO SHARED RESULTS FROM HIS LAB’S WORK ASSESSING COLD HARDINESS IN APPLE ROOTSTOCKS AND SCIONS. THIS WORK IS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING GROWERS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MOVE TOWARDS A MORE CLIMATE RESILIANNT ORCHARD.

The UMass IPM Fruit Loop, led by the apple enthusiast Hawkeye, has returned with a focus on the bitter and intricate world of apple bitter rot. While bitter rot historically occurred sporadically in Massachusetts, it has become increasingly problematic. The pathogens responsible, part of the Colletotrichum complex, have a long history but were only recently identified as causal agents. In the Northeast, particularly in Massachusetts, C. fioriniae is the most commonly identified species causing fruit disease, alongside other pathogens affecting various plants. Understanding the appearance and progression of bitter rot lesions is crucial for accurate diagnosis, especially distinguishing them from other leaf spots.

Differentiating between Colletotrichum complexes is essential due to their varied climatic preferences and disease manifestations. The complexity extends to fungicide resistance, with some species showing resistance to certain chemicals. Despite efforts to manage bitter rot, challenges persist, including the lack of fully resistant cultivars and the evolving nature of pathogen knowledge. Strategies like orchard sanitation and targeted fungicide applications are recommended, but the increasing frequency of extreme rain events adds another layer of complexity to disease management. As the understanding of bitter rot evolves, continuous research and adaptation in orchard practices are necessary for effective disease control.

The first episode of the 2022 season!

Listen in and get ready! We aren't in full swing YET, but you know the storm is coming. 

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2021 wrap up with maturity reports! See you in the New Year!

Throw back Fruit Loop- TWO episodes in one this go 'round. One for mid and one for late August 2021. Brief insects updates and a little the way Jon sees it. 

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It's a retentious episode! That is, In this episode, we cover the who what where how and why of Retain use and its effect on a handful of particular apple varieties including Gala and Honeycrisp.

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Wild wet weather increases exotic disease pressure, insects are... well, pretty mellow this week actually and its time to ReTain them peaches. This week's Healthy Fruit is a collaboration between Jon Clements, Dan Cooley and Jaime Piñero with a bonus guest article from Cornell Extension colleagues Dan Donahue and Mike Basedow.

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It's a pesty episode this week. Still working through a backlog of Healthy Fruit edition and this one is crawling with critters and rot. This episode throws us (gently) back to the first week of July, the 6th in fact, which seems wicked long ago.

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Oh, hey there, long time no... erm... listen.

This episode is heavy on the way Jon sees things with a healthy serving of entomology. Tune in and harken back to June 25th or so.

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This one is a touch on the late side but still chock-full-o juicy larval details. Listen in while we make our weekly run down of all the things you need to know for caring for your (or someone else's) orchard.

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This week's UMass IPM Fruit Loop features Jon Clements, Dan Cooley, Jaime Piñero and myself (Hawkeye) from the fruit team and a guest article from Cornell's Dr. Terrence Robinson. Join us for a spin through the orchard where we cover meeting updates, currently degree day accumulations, insect pest captures and apple scab burn out program recommendations and oh so much more. 

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Thinning windows are closing, ascospores are giving up a last gasp and even insect pests are slowing their roll this week. We seem to be at the tail end of the mad spring rush and getting ready to enter into that summer holding pattern (but more on that as things develop). Keep your eyes peeled for straggling plum curculio and #getoutandscout to see if you incurred any primary scab infections that need to be managed to prevent a secondary outbreak. Plus, oh so very much more. Take a listen!

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Well we are a few days late but not a single dollar short! Insect and disease pressure ramp up this week while your thinning window closes. The whole fruit team contributes to another info-packed episode. Still just my voice, still just my bad jokes. I have no regrets... Do you?? 

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Pressure to get out and manage multiple tree fruit considerations mounts as temperatures rise. Apple thinning remains high on the priority list. Plum curculio activity is picking up but has not yet hit peak while apple scab falls down on the to do list as a result of unfavorable infection conditions. Finally, fireblight is on the scene and ready to attack any open blossoms. All this and so much more in this newest episode of the UMass IPM Fruit Loop. 

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Chock full 'o' goodies this week with everything from our traditional rundown of degree days and upcoming pest events to a deeeeep dive into fireblight models with some thinning and pollinator health action thrown in for good measure.

This week's Healthy Fruit was a solid collaboration from Dr. Jaime Piñero, Dr. Dan Cooley, Dr. Duane Greene, myself (Hawkeye) and Jon Clements, who also serves as fearless editor to our motley little crew. Each Fruit Loop is recorded and edited by yours truly.

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A stone's throw back to last week's (April 19, 2021) Healthy Fruit Newsletter. Status of weather, buds, insects and diseases covered to the minute and Dr. Duane Greene gives us his perspective on Prohexadione-calcium (Apogee, Kudos) for Growth Control and Fire Blight Containment.

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2021 continues to keep us on our toes, and its not even May yet! Tune in to hear about the latest state of drought, apple scab, fungicides, more early season insect pests, frost considerations, a short from CCE's Michael Basedow and... There may even be a guest voice tucked in there for ya! As always, forgive me and my weak jokes and references (probably) no one but me gets.

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Its the all Hawkeye channel until I can hoodwink... I mean, get someone else to join me in the weekly Healthy Fruit shenanigans. Nonetheless, listen in for your in season weekly run down of what all is afoot in the orchard and field. This week you will find budstages, disease updates and early season insect pest considerations. Enjoy! 

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As you may know the fruit Extension Educators from New York and New England have teamed up to organize a series of winter meetings, via zoom of course.

These meetings are being held once a week throughout the rest of the winter. Extension Educators, and faculty from New York, New England and beyond have been kind enough to join us to share their research and experiences.