By Shanthanu (Shan) Krishna Kumar, Ph.D., Kari A. Peter, Ph.D., Grzegorz (Greg) Krawczyk, Ph.D.
An updated Tree Fruit Production Guide (2026-2027) provides current, research-based guidance on orchard management, pests, chemicals, harvest, food safety, marketing, and precision agriculture for commercial growers and other fruit industry personnel.
This course prepares you to grow berries, from choosing varieties, to planting, to handling pests and diseases. Growing can be rewarding and profitable.
Early-season yield and packout predictions are useful for growers and packers to plan for adequate harvest labor and storage space and to develop an orderly marketing plan.
By Rob Crassweller, Ph.D., Montserrat Fonseca Estrada
El arte de podar y conducir o guiar árboles se inició mucho antes de que se tuviera un conocimiento de las respuestas fisiológicas que ocurren como respuesta a esta manipulación física.
During the cold winter period people begin thinking about their vegetable gardens and looking at all the seed catalogs. They also think about that good apple or pear they had from their local farmer's market.