Developing Damage and Economic Thresholds for Foliar Disease Management in Perennial Plantings of Strawberry

ReportLeaf spot, leaf blight, and leaf scorch are foliar diseases of strawberry commonly found in perennial plantings throughout North America. These diseases are suspected to adversely affect yield, winter hardiness, and the overall production life of a planting. A three year study was implemented to determine to what extent these diseases impact yield and the production life of a planting, and to define when it is economically feasible to manage them. The first year of the study focused on: 1) Gathering baseline yield data in established plots in Ithaca, NY; 2) Creating a disease gradient across these plots so that we may effectively study how disease impacts yield over the production life of the planting; 3) Establishing a ½ acre strawberry planting in Geneva, NY with varieties that are differentially susceptible to the diseases under study; and 4) Developing and refining experimental procedures to look at the effects of disease under experimental conditions

Highbush Blueberry Production Guide (NRAES-55)

This 200 page publication (NRAES-55) was originally published by the Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service (NRAES, previously known as the Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service), a multi-university program in the Northeast US disbanded in 2011. Plant and Life Sciences Publishing (PALS) was subsequently formed to manage the NRAES catalog. Ceasing operations in 2018, PALS was a program of the Department of Horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University. PALS assisted university faculty in publishing, marketing and distributing books for small farmers, gardeners, land owners, workshops, college courses, and consumers.Includes 16 chapters, 168 color photos, 27 tables, 24 figures and charts, key to blueberry problems, and a glossary