Ric Valicoff estimates that a year ago, 20 percent of the trees at his 10-acre Rainier cherry orchard near Wapato were infected with little cherry disease. The cherries on those trees could not be ...

Foreman Gilberto Medina oversaw the removal of a diseased cherry tree at Barrett Orchards on Thursday. The tree started producing small, discolored cherries, symptoms of a cherry disease that orchard ...

Cherry growers are trying to stop the spread of a disease that can decimate their crops, known as “little cherry disease.” Trees with little cherry disease produce a small, pale, lower-sugar fruit ...

Fruit growers in Washington may have a more reliable way to detect Little Cherry Disease in their trees. Washington State University researchers believe dogs can sniff out the pathogens that cause the ...

Black knot, a fungal disease, is affecting cherry and plum trees in the Greater Columbus area, likely due to recent wet weather. The disease causes hard, black knots on branches, disrupting growth and ...