The latest guides from Washington State University Extension can help Northwest blueberry growers protect crops from damaging heat and inform Spanish-speaking community science volunteers on the pollinators around us.
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Beat the Heat: Protecting Northern Highbush Blueberry from Extreme Heat (FS406E)
Blueberry production is increasingly threatened by extreme heat events in the Pacific Northwest. This guide discusses impacts of heat on blueberry flowers and fruits, ways to mitigate heat damage, historical and future prospects for extreme heat, spatial analogs of future heat stress, and more. Authors include Department of Horticulture Professor Lisa Wasko DeVetter; former WSU graduate student Supriya Savalkar; graduate students Bhupinderjeet Singh and Micah Evalt; Postdoctoral Researcher Pedro Rojas-Barros; USDA-ARS Research Horticulturist David Bryla; and WSU Biological Systems Engineering Assistant Professor Kirti Rajagopalan.
New Spanish Language Guides
Dado que las abejas silvestres son difíciles de monitorear e identificar, esta guía actúa como un documento introductorio para quienes deseen comprender la biodiversidad de las abejas silvestres y contribuir a su conservación mediante el monitoreo. Los autores son David Crowder, Elias Bloom, y Rae Olsson.