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by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin December 18, 2020 0

Winter Educational Opportunities for Fruit Growers

Keep up to date with new fruit pest & production information with these webinar series

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin December 18, 2020 0

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Webinar Series: Pesticide Resistance Management

Lunch and Learn series for Ontario fruit, vegetable and specialty crops

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin December 4, 2020 0

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New Episode of What’s Growing ON?

OMAFRA’s Katie Goldenhar and Hannah Fraser talk pesticide resistance in horticulture crops in the latest episode of What’s Growing ON? podcast.

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin December 3, 2020 0

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Spotted Lanternfly Getting Too Close for Comfort!

Specimens of the invasive spotted lanternfly have now been detected in Michigan, New York and Quebec.

by wendymcfaddensmith August 27, 2020 0

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Don’t wait for symptoms to manage sour rot!

Now that we are into the preharvest period for many early varieties, it’s important to consider treating sour rot-prone varieties.

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin August 22, 2020 0

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What’s Growing ON? – Episode 9

This week’s episode focuses on the importance of pest monitoring with OMAFRA’s Cassie Russell on the problematic pepper weevil and Erica Pate on cyclamen mite issues in strawberries.

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin August 15, 2020 0

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What’s Growing ON? – Episode 8

This week’s episode focuses on pesticide resistance with OMAFRA’s Kristen Obeid on herbicide resistance in Ontario and Dennis van Dyk on Colorado potato beetle.

by wendymcfaddensmith August 13, 2020 0

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Spotted Wing Drosophila Update, August 14, 2020

The regional monitoring program is being conducted in berry and stone fruit crops in Essex, Chatham-Kent, Elgin, Norfolk, Halton, Oxford,Continue Reading

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin August 13, 2020 0

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Apple Pest Update: Aug 14, 2020

Second generation San Jose scale activity has begun, apple maggot activity continues and fruit rot lesions developing in orchards across the province this week.

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin August 7, 2020 0

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What’s Growing ON? – Episode 7

OMAFRA’s Kristy Grigg-McGuffin explains the pillars of IPM using summer disease of apples