In this Issue:

Welcome!


VEGETABLE NEWS

Aphids and Viruses in Cucurbits

2004 Resources for Growers

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Strawberry Insect Pests that will be Monitored in 2004

Season Reminders

Tarnished Plant Bug Monitoring

APPLE NEWS

Apple Insect Pests that will be Monitored in 2004

2004 Apple Monitoring Locations

Pest Monitoring Benefits - Guest Author

Weekly Trap Counts

Degree Days

Coming Events

U.S. EPA Sponsored Apple & Strawberry IPM Project

WEB SITES


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 1 No.1   May 10, 2004

Coming Events

 

Event

Starting At:

Codling moth first flight

185 DD

European red mite hatch

160 DD

Strawberry bud weevil (clipper)

65oF

Tarnished plant bug adult in berry

Prebloom

Twospotted spider mite in berry

Bud/Prebloom

DD base 50oF  /  Some of these events may have already started at some sites.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, hutch002@umn.edu
Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Division,jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
Suzanne Wold-Burkness, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, woldx018@umn.edu

The Newsletter is published weekly from May through August, cooperatively, by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the University of Minnesota (U of MN).  Reports are posted on the U of MN and MDA web sites on Fridays.  If you have suggestions and/or comments, please send your contributions by 4 p.m., Tuesday to Jeanne Ciborowski, 651-297-3217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us , MDA, 90 W. Plato Blvd., St. Paul, MN  55107-2094.  You can access the Newsletter at the U of MN web site in htm. format at: www.vegedge.umn.edu/MNFruit&VegNews/mnindex.htm and at the MDA web site in pdf. format at: www.mda.state.mn.us/biocon/fruitreports/default.htm

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DISCLAIMER

References to products in this publication is not intended to be an endorsement to the exclusion of others which may have similar uses.  Any person using products listed in this publication assumes full responsibility for their use in accordance with current manufacturer directions.

       

            


Last Revised May 7, 2004.
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