In this Issue:

VEGETABLE NEWS

Time to Watch for European Corn Borer Flights

Vegetable Insect Update

STRAWBERRY NEWS

The 2004 Strawberry Integrated Pest Management Project Part 2: Disease Management

Weekly Pest Sampling

APPLE NEWS

Apple Pest Focus: Plum Curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar)

Apple Scab Infections

Degree Day Accumulations

Weekly Trap Counts

Pest Activity

 

WEB SITES

 


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

 

Vol 1 No.5   June 7 , 2004

Apple: Weekly Trap Counts (May 27 - June 2)                                                                                                                           

Location

County

CM

LAW

OBLR

RBLR

TLM

St. Croix Region

 

 

Hastings

Washington  

0

3

0

0

2

White Bear Lake

Washington  

3

4

0

2

21

West Metro Region

 

 

Fair Haven

Stearns

0

1

0

3

11

Hiawatha Region

 

 

Cleveland

LeSueur

1

4

0

0

0

Faribault

Rice

0

0

0

0

12

Veseli (north of)

Southern Scott

4

12

1

0

14

La Crescent Region

 

 

La Crescent

Houston

3

0

0

0

5

Preston

Fillmore

2

4

2

0

0

SC MN

 

 

Fairmont

Martin

1

3

0

0

0

NE MN

 

 

Kerrick

Pine

0

0

0

2

1

*All Locations monitored for: CM = codling moth, RBLR = redbanded leafroller, OBLR = obliquebanded leafroller,

TLM = spotted tentiform leafminer, and LAW = lesser appleworm, xxx = no information.

Comment from Harry Hoch in La Cresent: Zestar apples range from about 18 mm up to 26 mm on the king fruit. Fruit is dropping and thinners appear to have worked well. The weather has been cool and wet. We have had over 7” of rain in the past two weeks.

 

                                                                                                                                                                  

 

 

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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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