DuPont: Fire blight findings

DuPont: Fire blight findings

—By Tianna DuPont, Washington State University Washington State University Extension’s Tianna DuPont, right, coaches Chad Blackburn on where to make the cut on a fire blight-infected shoot during a fire blight field day hosted by WSU at its Columbia Reach research farm in 2024. The pathology research block had plenty of shoot blight for attendees to practice on, as DuPont shared the importance of cutting promptly and aggressively to limit spread…