Each year, UW-Madison Division of Extension in cooperation with the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association hosts a Cranberry School, during which the results of research from the prior year are shared with the Wisconsin cranberry grower community. This Proceedings is a summary of research presented in January 2026, together with January 2026 Grower Polls regarding the 2025 Growing Season.
Cranberry School Day 1
- Color Change: Cranberry & Food Science
- The Effect of Long-Term and Acute Heat Stress Events on Cranberry Fruit Rot
- Grower Panel: Moisture Management
Cranberry School Day 2
- Interactive Grower Surveys Regarding the 2025 Wisconsin Growing Season
Grower Panel: Nitrogen Timing - Pre-Requisites and Advancements Towards Precision Cranberry Gene Editing and Genetic Enhancement via CRISPR Technology
- Wisconsin Cranberry Fungicide Efficacy Trials – 2025 Season
- Screening of Soils for Presence of Steinernema carpocapsae in the Years Following Initial Treatment
- Investigating the Viability of Multi-Year Control for Cranberry Flea Beetle Using Capsanem (Steinernema carpocapsae)
- Screening the Viability of Capsanem (Steinernema carpocapsae) Applied Through a DGI T-40 Spray Drone
- Lab Insecticide Screening for Cranberry Flea Beetle
- Evaluating Altacor Reduction Strategies for Cranberry Fruitworm and Sparganothis Fruitworm Management in Wisconsin Cranberry
- How Climate Variability Could Change Disease Pressure in Cranberries
- Economics of Cranberry Frruitworm Management in Modern Pest Pressure Conditions
- AI: What Is, What Isn’t, And What May Be
Poster Sessions
- Advancing False Blossom Diagnosis and Virus Detection in Cranberries: Tools and Insights for Growers
- Optimizing Phosphorus Use in Cranberry Production
- Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Cranberry
- Unseen Allies: How Bacterial and Fungal Diversity Supports Cranberry Growth
- What Is in a Cranberry: Differences Among the Cultivars
- Who Lives in Cranberry Soil: Bacterial Isolates from our Project
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Updated: May 6, 2026
