In this Issue:

Guest Article

Irrigation Reminders and the Value of "ET"


VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insects to Watch for - Early Season

Spring Frost Damage to Crops

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Cost Share Dollars Available for Food Alliance Certified Growers

Season Reminders

Weekly Pest Sampling

APPLE NEWS

Codling Moth and its Look Alikes

Two Field Days on Organic and Low-Input Apple Production

Current/Coming Events

Volunteer Gets His Gear

Apple Scab Infections

Degree Day Accumulations

Weekly Trap Counts

WEB SITES


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 1 No.2   May 17, 2004

Coming and Current Events

Current Events:

Redbanded leafroller – first flight
Over-wintered obliquebanded leafroller larvae active
Spotted tentiform leafminer – first flight
Codling moth – first flight

 

Coming Events:

Event

Starting At:

Codling moth first flight

185 DD

European red mite hatch

160 DD

Strawberry bud weevil (clipper)

65 oF

Tarnished plant bug adult in berry

Prebloom

Twospotted spider mite in berry

Bud/Prebloom

DD base 50 oF / 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

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Last Revised May 14, 2004.
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