Annual Research Review &
Funded Projects
Research Review
The 2023-24 Northwest Cherry and Stone Fruit Research Review will be held November 7, 2023 in Yakima, WA
More details to come. Please check back later for the location and agenda.
The Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission together with the WA Tree Fruit Research Commission invites all interested parties to attend this year’s NW Cherry and Stone Fruit Research Review. This hybrid event will feature continuing and final research project reports on Little Cherry Disease, Spotted Wing Drosophila, Horticulture, Breeding, Mildew and more. Attendance is free and open to the public.
4 Washington and Oregon Pesticide Credits available.
There is currently an active Request for Preproposals (RFP) for NW Cherry and Stone Fruit. Preproposals must be submitted by August 30, 2023. Research Priorities can be accessed here. Please be sure to read throughouly.
The form to submit a preproposal can be found here: https://treefruitresearch.org/proposal-process-instructions-and-documents/pre-proposal/instructions/
NW Cherry Funding
In 2022, 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. The list of projects funded can be accessed by clicking on the file below.
Continuing Projects
Researcher
Thompson
Sallato
Beers
Peace
Sallato
Nottingham
Galimba
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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Isolation and in vitro culturing of the X-disease pathogen
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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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Sweet Cherry Bud Cold Hardiness Model
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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
21-22
21-23
22-24
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2022
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22-24
22-23
22-24
22-24
22-23
22-24
New Proposals
Researcher 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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Whiting
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Harper
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Leisso
Project Title
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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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Targets and Tools for Post-Bloom Thinning
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Testing Antimicrobials to Remove Ca. P. pruni in Vitro
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Sweet cherry Cultivar-specific Export Suitability
Years of Project
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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
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2023
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23-24