Kari, Don, Greg, and Jim talk about strange early-season weather. Jim provides advice for late and emergency thinning procedures. Kari and Greg highlight the current concerns in their specialties.

Don Seifrit (host)
Kari Peter (speaker)
Greg Krawczyk (speaker)
Jim Schupp (speaker)

Lead Image: Edwin Winzeler, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don record an in-person episode! Kari has a hefty pathology update, with special attention to fire blight. Scout your fields!
Episode speakers:
Don Seifrit 
Kari Peter

Lead photo: K. Peter, Penn State

Special Notice:
Bilingual Pesticide Labeling Webinar 
The EPA has announced a public webinar/forum to discuss upcoming changes regarding pesticide label availability and accessibility to non-English speaking farm workers on Thursday, June 15, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The goal is to obtain input from the public on ways to make bilingual pesticide labeling accessible to farmworkers as required by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2022 (PRIA 5). This is a free event.

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don talk about a slowed-down Spring with Greg and highlight previous updates from the specialists depending on the geographic region listeners are in. Greg discusses how to calculate growing degree days for (more) accurate predictions of insect activity. Scout your fields!

Don Seifrit (host)
Kari Peter (host)
Greg Krawczyk (speaker)

Image:  G. Krawczyk, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don are joined again by Drs. Greg Krawczyk and Jim Schupp. Jim highlights more information about thinning as the weather (hopefully) improves, and Greg talks about what to expect in insect development. Kari discusses several of the diseases to keep an eye out for over the next week.

Don Seifrit (host)
Kari Peter (host)
Greg Krawczyk (speaker)
Jim Schupp (speaker)

Image: Don Seifrit, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don are joined again by Drs. Greg Krawczyk and Jim Schupp. Jim and Greg highlight how the cold weather affects their specialties, and Kari shifts gears into apple scab and Marsonnina blotch management.

Don Seifrit (host)
Kari Peter (host)
Greg Krawczyk (speaker)
Jim Schupp (speaker)

Photo: K. Peter, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don discuss fire blight and Marsonnina blight risk in orchards, give an update (and a correction) from Dr. Krawczyk, and highlight upcoming Penn State Extension programming.

Hosts:
Don Seifrit
Kari Peter   

To register for the Spring Orchard Meeting near you, visit:
https://extension.psu.edu/spring-orchard-meetings


Photo: Greg Krawczyk, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don discuss summer in April with a lookout for fire blight and other diseases.

Don Seifrit (host)
Kari Peter  (host) 

Lead Image: K. Imhoff

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don highlight some early-season concerns after a cold weekend that is leading into a hot week.

Hosts:
Don Seifrit
Kari Peter  

Lead Image:  D. Seifrit, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

The first Fruit Bite of the growing season! Kari and Don highlight some early-season disease management with an apple scab infection period on the horizon.

Speakers: Don Seifrit and Kari Peter

Photo Credit: Dr. K. Peter, Penn State 

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don speak with Dr. Holly Bartholomew from the USDA-ARS. Holly outlines her research on patulin, what mycotoxins are, and why management is important.

Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker)
Holly Bartholomew (speaker)

Lead Image: Kari Peter, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season