Season 6, Episode 1 - Introducing SPARC and Early Season Maintenance

Shan and Don introduce Dr. Lee Kalcsits from Washington State University. Dr. Kalcsits is project head for SPARC: Strengthening Pear and Apple Resilience to Climate. He outlines what that grant will focus on over the next several years. Additionally, Don and Kari talk early season orchard maintenance as a follow-up to last season.If you'd like to help research, please take the survey for SPARC: English - https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyfLFPQZ3dHutUiSpanish - https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8q21anBgzuBmlamHosts: Don Seifrit, Kari PeterSpeakers: Shan Kumar, Lee KalcsitsMusic Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org This work is/was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Specialty Crop Research Initiative project "Preparing U.S. Pome Fruit Production for Extreme Temperatures in a Changing Climate" (2024-51181-43289; Accession #1032988)Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign UpFlight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season