Fall 2024
SMALL FRUIT NEWS – Vol. 24, No. 4
Published four times annually, Small Fruit News is sponsored by the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium (SRSFC), smallfruits.org.
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The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association (NARBA) is teaming up with the North American Strawberry Growers Association (NASGA) to host their joint 2025 annual meetings and conference on February 3-6, 2025 in Kona, Hawaii.
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Neopestalotiopsis crown, leaf and fruit disease is an important emerging disease of strawberry that can affect every part of the plant (crown, roots, leaves, fruit). The symptoms were first widely known in the US on strawberry in 2018, following an outbreak in Florida in annual plasticulture fields.
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Meet Congliang Zhou, assistant professor in the School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences at Louisiana State University (LSU), specializing in precision agriculture, artificial intelligence, remote sensing, and robotics. He joined the LSU Agricultural Center on July 1, 2024.
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Biostimulants consist of beneficial microorganisms or compounds that can improve crop yields by strengthening plants’ immune systems and enhancing their tolerance to both biotic and abiotic stresses.
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Registration is now open for the 2025 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference (SE Regional), the South’s premier specialty crop educational conference and trade show for growers, packers, and shippers. The conference will be held January 9-11 in Savannah, Ga.
Posted in: Fall 2024