Dr. Tree Fruit and Don

Kari, Shan and Greg discuss the importance of the next few days with thinning, infection events, and insect management all coming in at once. Also, Spring Orchard Meetings are available for registration at the following link: https://extension.psu.edu/spring-orchard-meetings

Episode Host/Speakers: Kari Peter (host), Shan Kumar (speaker), Greg Krawczyk (speaker) 

Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org 

Lead Image: Image Credit – D. Seifrit, Penn State 

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari hosts without Don and has Drs. Shan Kumar and Greg Krawczyk on. The three specialists highlight things that growers need to be thinking about as Spring rapidly progresses. 

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don fire off a quick fire blight infection update. Plus some information on apple scab and blossom blight dangers in the next few days. 

Spring Orchard Meetings: https://extension.psu.edu/spring-orchard-meetings 
Grafting Workshop: https://extension.psu.edu/top-working-apple-trees-a-grafting-workshop 
 

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

Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org 

Lead Image: Image Credit – D. Seifrit, Penn State 

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don are joined once again by Greg. They highlight the pitfalls of the upcoming week, with the increasingly warm (and wet!) weather.

• Spring Orchard Meetings: https://extension.psu.edu/spring-orchard-meetings 
• Grafting Workshop: https://extension.psu.edu/top-working-apple-trees-a-grafting-workshop
• Pollinator Workshop: Call 717-334-6271 or email [email protected] to register

Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

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

Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org
Lead Image: Image Credit – D. Seifrit, Penn State

Image: Don Seifrit, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don are joined for the first time this year by Dr. Greg Krawczyk to give an update on chlorpyrifos and a Spring insect update. Kari makes a slight adjustment to her recommendations from the last episode.

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

Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org

Image: Kari Peter, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don talk about what to do when the weather doesn’t cooperate with your plans for spraying.

Orchard Critical Frost Temperatures

Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker)

Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org

Lead Image: Photo courtesy kie-ker on Pixabay.com

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don highlight some early-season sprays and discuss what the week's low temperatures might mean for orchards.

Article: Orchard Critical Frost Temperatures

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

Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org
Lead Image: Courtesy of Penn State Extension

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don jump back into the podcast with the new Professor of Horticulture at Penn State, Dr. Shan Kumar! Shan outlines his past work and future research interests. Additionally, he provides a winter update for horticultural practices to keep in mind. Kari provides a mid-winter sanitation update. Winter Fruit Schools and the new Tree Fruit Production Guide are on sale now!

2024 Winter Tree Fruit Meetings
2024 Tree Fruit Production Guide

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

Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org

Lead Image: Penn State Extension

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari and Don check back in with Dr. Macarena Farcuh at the University of Maryland. Dr. Farcuh has a very active post-harvest lab, and she describes several of the research projects she has worked on since she began at the university. Dr. Farcuh’s lab has a very active web presence, and you can connect with her work at the links below.
Fruit Pulse Newsletter sign-up
YouTube Channel
Instagram
Blog de Extension en Español Link

Episode Host/Speakers:
Don Seifrit, Kari Peter (hosts)
Dr. Macarena Farcuh, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
https://agnr.umd.edu/about/directory/macarena-farcuh

Lead Image: J. Schupp, Penn State
Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

Kari, Greg, and Don talk about pre-harvest applications to control post-harvest rots and late-season insect pests.

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

Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org

Image credit: K. Peter, Penn State

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season