Dr. Tree Fruit and Don

Drs. Kari Peter and Rob Crassweller outline some important information for good winter pruning practices with Don. In the episode, Kari outlines a method of triage pruning for Fire Blight during the growing season.

That method is outlined further here: https://extension.psu.edu/disease-update-dealing-with-fire-blight-infections.

Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker), Rob Crassweller (speaker)
Photo Credit:  Ed Weaver, Weaver’s Orchard

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Dr. Kari Peter and Don Seifrit are once again joined by Dr. Rob Crassweller.  They discuss winter injury, how cold hardiness develops, and what to be aware of when pruning.  Also, Dr. Crassweller outlines what the virtual Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention will look like in 2021.

Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker), Rob Crassweller (speaker)

Image Credit: R. Crassweller, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Dr. Kari Peter and Don Seifrit are joined by all of the podcast guests from the first (growing-season) year of the Dr. Tree Fruit and Don Podcast. Drs. Rob Crassweller, Greg Krawczyk, and Macarena Farcuh add their thoughts on what the 2020 growing season was like, and what to expect for 2021. There is also some preliminary discussion of what to expect for the 2021 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention.

Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker), Rob Crassweller (speaker), Greg Krawczyk (speaker), Macarena Farcuh (speaker)

Lead Image: Image Credit – Chris Walsh, UMD

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Don and Kari introduce Dr. Macarena Farcuh (University of Maryland) to the listeners. Macarena discusses her research and outreach for UMD Extension. Follow Macarena @farcuhmacarena on Twitter or @FruitQualityLab on Facebook.

Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker), Macarena Farcuh (speaker)

Lead Image: Image Credit – Macarena Farcuh, UMD

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari, Don, Greg, and Rob discuss late-season orchard issues. Particular attention is paid to marssonina blotch and brown marmorated stink bug. Rob discusses factors affecting ripeness and which cultivars are likely ready to be harvested.

Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker), Greg Krawczyk (speaker), Rob Crassweller (speaker)

Image Credit – C. Walsh, UMD 

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don are joined for the first time by Dr. Greg Krawczyk, Extension Tree Fruit Entomologist from Penn State. Greg and Don discuss some of the more philosophical aspects of integrated pest management to introduce listeners to Dr. Krawczyk’s work.

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don are joined again by Rob Crassweller. Kari discusses blossom blast issues, and Rob talks NEWA and the carbohydrate thinning model.

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don are joined for the first time by Dr. Rob Crassweller, Extension Horticulturist from Penn State. Kari outlines full bloom disease issues, and Rob discusses frost and fruit set.

Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker), Rob Crassweller (speaker)

Image Credit – M. Schupp 

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don return for episode 2. In this second episode, they discuss early season tree fruit production disease issues.

Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker)

Image credit: T. Baugher

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Dr. Kari Peter (aka Dr. Tree Fruit) and Don Seifrit start a tree fruit podcast! 
In this first episode, they discuss early season tree fruit production disease issues.

Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker)

Image credit; Kari Peter

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season