Reminder: online grape disease workshop tomorrow (3/24) from 1PM!

We will have an online grape disease management workshop tomorrow from 1 PM. Thank you for those of you who registered already. You should have received an email this morning.… Read more

GrapeIPM.org Guest Account and upcoming grape disease management workshop

As I presented at the VVA meeting in February, our team has been working on an online disease management aid called grapeIPM.org. The main functions of the system are to… Read more

Changes in upcoming grape disease management workshop on the 24th and 26th

The meetings on the 24th and 26th of this month will be consolidated into one ONLINE meeting on the 24th from 1 PM. We will use Zoom application (https://zoom.us/), which… Read more

Upcoming VCE Vineyard meetings

Upcoming Vineyard Meetings a)    17-18 Feb      Central Virginia UvaSapians (fee) b)    19-21 Feb.     VVA Winter Technical (fee) c)    27 Feb.         … Read more

Happy New Year and slides from Loudoun County Private Pesticide Certification Course

Happy New Year!I hope we will have a nice 2020 season. Here are slides from a Private Pesticide Certification course that was held on 17 December 2019 at Loudoun County.… Read more

Virginia Tech is looking for an Assistant Professor – Tree Fruits/Specialty Crop Pathology

Virginia Tech is looking for an Assistant Professor – Tree Fruits/Specialty Crop Pathology Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is seeking applicants for a tenure track position in… Read more

A list of short PHI materials + reminder on downy mildew

I heard from many that their fruits are ~2 weeks ahead of “average” season, and some early cultivars are already harvested in the southern VA. I should have posted this… Read more

Berry touch/bunch closure disease management reminders

Our Chardonnay clusters are getting larger and berries are starting to touch each other. It feels a bit early, but here are grape disease management reminders at berry touch/cluster closure… Read more

Sour rot survey

My colleagues and I are seeking information on sour rot so that we can develop research priorities (and hopefully obtain grants). Many of us suffer from sour rot (remember the… Read more

Downy mildew reminder

Of course, once I mentioned the lack of rainfall, we (i.e., northern VA) were hit by a series of rain. To make things more complicated, we had at least three consecutive nights… Read more
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