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• Life without antibiotics: Fireblight can be controlled without them
• Building on biocontrols: Exploring alternative strategies for controlling fireblight
• Organic growers fear loss of antibiotics
• Manage resistance at the packing house: Using the same postharvest fungicide annually can lead to resistance of mold pathogens
• Learn to store Honeycrisp: High temperatures for the first week of storage reduces chilling injuries
• Dealing with carbon dioxide sensitivity
• New fungicides benefit from lessons of beniate
• Strategies for controlling bacterial spot in peaches
• Exports boost pear returns
• Access to China is near: China and the United States are working towards a reciprocal agreement for pears
• Contractors are a source of workers
• A flair for selling fruit: Young growers bring new energy to eastern orchards
• New generation finds marketing niche
• Grape diseases drag down wine quality: Merlot wines from diseased fruit were lower anthocyanins, phenoilics, tannins, and alcoholl
• Be prepared for grape powdery mildew
• Bunch rot, a different beast
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