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AHDB/EMRAssociation Tree Fruit Day 2018
This year’sAHDBHorticulture/EMRAssociationTreeFruit Day coveredawide
rangeof tree fruit researchprojects fundedbyAHDBandothers, includingnew
post-harvest researchon theeffectsof pruningand thinningondrymatter
content, andprogresswithapple replant diseaseand rootstockbreeding. In
addition tonewapproaches tomajor disease control, therewas anupdateon
spottedwingdrosophila (SWD) control andnew informationabout other pestsof
apples andpears. JoannaWood reports