leafhoppers

Washington State University will host field day next week to for growers interested in staying ahead of the Little Cherry & X-disease infections in their orchards. The Tree Fruit Extension Center will hold the event Tuesday June 21st in Buena, WA. (4 ...

Managing the leafhopper vectors of X-disease phytoplasma post-harvest is important this season to slow the spread of the pathogen. To help cherry growers, Washington State University is out with a management plan. WSU covers the basic considerations, all while acknowledging there are many unknowns about leafhoppers; and management options will be refined as new research is completed ... Read Mo

Washington State University is warning cherry growers to be on the lookout for leafhoppers moving into the region.  Earlier this month, WSU invited Professor Emeritus Alexander Purcell from UC Berkeley, an entomologist who was a key component for the California X disease abatement program in the 1980’s, to tour orchards in Wenatchee and Yakima and meet with researchers and representatives of the W