MN Fruit & Vegetable IPM News - Vol. 1, No. 2

High yields of quality strawberries require vigorous growth and healthy plants. Growth can be affected by many different factors such as soil fertility, lack of moisture, weeds, insects, and diseases. Growers can control all of these factors, while certain factors, such as weather conditions, cannot be controlled. Growers can also control plant growth characteristics, productivities, and blossom hardiness by selecting different varieties. A sound strawberry production program should include the control of all pests and the use of good cultural practices. A total program replaces most of the “luck factor” and results in excellent crop production yearly.

Strawberries are attacked by many diseases that vary widely in their destructiveness and distribution. Preventative disease control measures begin with planting disease-free stock with genetic resistance and using recommended cultural practices. The production of disease-free plants and fruits may also require preventative applications of fungicides. When using fungicides to control diseases of foliage and fruit, follow label directions and the time limit given for “last application before harvest.”

“Growing Apples in Wisconsin” 2000. Teryl Roper, Daniel Mauer, and Patricia McManus. U of WI. Cooperative Extension. 28 pages. (Pub #. A3565)

Available at: http://cecommerce.uwex.edu/pdfs/A3565.PDF

Contents Include: The apple tree; Site selection and preparation; Cultivar selection; Rootstock selection; Planting; Mineral nutrition; Weed management; Training and pruning; Harvest; Storage; Insect pests; Diseases; Physiological disorders; Problem solving; and Related publications.

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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

Partial funding for this publication is provided through partnership agreements with the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association and the United States Department of Agriculture – Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the RMA Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program. These institutions are equal opportunity providers.

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 14, 2004.
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