Annual Research Review &
Funded Projects
Research Review
The 2024 Northwest Cherry and Stone Fruit Research Review was held on November 7, 2023, in Yakima, WA.
This hybrid event jointly sponsored by the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission and the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission featured continuing and final research project reports on Little Cherry Disease, Spotted Wing Drosophila, Horticulture, Breeding, Mildew, and more.
4 WSDA and 3 ODA pesticide recertification credits were provided to those who attended the entire event.
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NW Cherry Funding
For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission, in conjunction with the WA Tree Fruit Research Commission and NNII, funded over $1 million in new and continued cherry research.
Continuing Projects
Researcher
Thompson
Sallato
Beers
Sallato
Nottingham
Galimba
Khot
McCord
Adams
Harper
Adams
Project Title
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Evaluating replant strategies for X-disease infected orchards
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Evaluating replant strategies for X-disease infected orchards
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Coordinating SWD and X disease management
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Nutrient management for high quality sweet cherries
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Developing a Leafhopper Degree-day Spray Program for Cherry IPM
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Physiology-based identification of X-disease infected cherry trees
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Towards identification of LCD linked volatile biomarkers
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A robust PNW sweet cherry breeding and genetics program
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SWD in-orchard movement and overwintering population dynamics
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Studying the infection progression of LCD pathogens in young trees
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Dispersive distance of cherry X-disease vector leafhoppers in cherry
Years of Project
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21-23
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21-23
21-23
21-23
22-24
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22-24
22-23
22-24
22-24
22-23
22-24
Schmidt
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Zhao
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Galimba
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Adams
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Sallato
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Leisso
Pesticide Residues of PNW Cherries
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Cas 12a-Based Rapid Method for Early Detection of X-disease Phytoplasma
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Determining Sweet Cherry Rootstock Sensitivity to X-Disease
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Ganapsis brasiliensis for Biological Control of SWD
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Precision Nutrient Management for Sweet Cherry Orchards
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Sweet cherry Cultivar-specific Export Suitability
23-25
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23-24
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23-25
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23-25
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23-25
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23-24
2024-2025 Project Proposals submitted to OSCC, WA Tree Fruit Research Commission, and NNII for funding consideration.
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Pitino: Precisoin Agriculture: Innovationg Cherry Disease Mgmt with DPI
Pitino: Sustainable Cherry Protection with SYMBIONT
Harper: Evaluation of simple, cheap tests for X disease in bare root trees
McCord: Screening cheery roostsocks for resistance to X disease
Cooper: X disease is for Suckers: Managing root growth to control LCD
Zhao: Investigating bacterial cancer disease of cherry in young orchards
Murphy: Understanding food safety risks during post-harvest cherry production
Collum: Eveluation of UV-C for management of cherry diseases and pests
Grove: Etiology of cherry cankers and dieback in the PNW
McCord: Identifying sources of resistance to Pseudomonas and powdery mildew