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Tree Fruit
29 July 2022
A summary of our research for tree fruit crops for agronomists
18 November 2021
This factsheet describes the biology and symptoms of Pseudomonas syringae, the cause of bacterial canker, and summarises the results of an AHDB funded project on its control.
27 September 2022
The 10th International Symposium on Orchard Systems organised by the International Society of Horticultural Science in December 2012, offered a significant volume of information that could be useful to UK tree fruit growers.
12 October 2021
A review of the literature of the Neofabraea species complex, causative agents of Gloeosporium rot in stored apple
14 November 2022
This reference guide provides commercial growers with a useful reference document to help them to achieve high standards of production.
27 September 2021
This factsheet provides results of research projects to find ways of producing apples with minimal or no chemical residues.
13 October 2021
This factsheet explains how the use of naturally occurring beneficial insects can be harnessed to control pear sucker.
13 October 2021
This factsheet summarises research to develop novel biocontrol techniques for pests and diseases of plum and cherry
26 April 2022
This is a review of parasitoids of spotted wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii) in the UK
25 April 2022
Read about alternative control strategies for disease in organic apple and pear production
25 April 2022
Review of potential control strategies for major pests in organic apple and pear production, with application in IPM orchards
26 April 2022
‘Good Vibrations’ – Developing and testing the efficacy of biotremology as a control strategy to disrupt mating/reproductive success in Lygus rugulipennis and Drosophila suzukii in strawberry