Maine Preseason Tree Fruit Meeting

2024 Preseason Tree Fruit Meeting – March 19, 2024

Quan Zeng Fire Blight Biology part1: 1-26

Quan Zeng Fire Blight Biology part2 27-51

Quan Zeng – Fire Blight Management 

Andy Vega- Harvest-Management Tools

Andy Vega – Consultant perspectives

Renae Moran – Rootstock trial update

Alicyn Smart – Apple-Virus-Diseases 

LIndsay Werner – Food Safety

John Pietroski – Board of Pesticides Control update

 

2023 Preseason Tree Fruit Meeting – March 22, 2023

Todd Einhorn – Bitter Pit reduction

Jon Clements – Cropload Management 

Jon Clements – Apple Cultivars 

Lindsay Werner – Food Safety

Rachel Schattman – Shallow_wells_Schattman_01102023

Glen Koehler – 2023 Tree Fruit IPM Update

 

2020 Preseason Webinars

March 18, 2020
Fire Blight Management with Growth Regulators and Biopesticides

Tower sprayers Make Sense and Save Dollars
Vincent Philion. Agroenvironment Research and Development Institute, Quebec
—Webinar recording: https://maine.zoom.us/rec/share/-OVfFJzJ00pJEonQ1HHgc5McJ9XMeaa803Id8_oPnhnCkw4RqlL9MJyTm5Yj785Z

March 25, 2020
New Insights on Apple Scab Biology and Fungicide Protection
Vincent Philion. Agroenvironment Research and Development Institute, Quebec
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Highmoor Farm Research Updates Bitter pit prediction, Apple cultivar MN1980, and Peach bud winter hardiness
Dr. Renae Moran, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Agricultural Experiment Station.
—Webinar recording at: https://maine.zoom.us/rec/share/_eVEDevh0G5OQ7fj2H_jQpdiIa7fT6a8hndNqfVZn7pHLlDnDcDpt5TbGaJZIWI

April 1, 2020
Innovations in Orchard Monitoring Technologies
Jon Clements, University of Massachusetts
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* Farm families, Transition, & How to Communicate in Difficult Conversations
Dr. Leslie Forstadt, UMaine Cooperative Extension – Director, Maine Agricultural Mediation Program
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* Maine State Pomological Society Update
Earl Bunting, Doles’ Orchard, President Maine State Pomological Society.
—Webinar recording at: https://maine.zoom.us/rec/share/2chxfu_A8UBOWNKO6hHzSKMGRY33T6a8gSQWr_Rcmk2mPG7oC4R46k6aEKlbb-x0