In this Issue:
Customer Awareness Series--Part 1
RISK & RISK MANAGEMENT
VEGETABLE NEWS
Snap Bean Seed Treatments and Seed Corn Maggot: Research update
STRAWBERRY NEWS
APPLE NEWS
Pest Activity
Insect, Pest Fact Sheets
| Vol 1 No.6 | June 14, 2004 |
Pest Activities – Current & Coming Events
Event |
Starting Around: |
Codling moth egg hatch |
375 DD |
Codling moth first generation larvae |
425 DD |
Obliquebanded leafroller 1 st flight |
490 DD |
Oriental fruit moth 1 st generation larvae |
600 DD |
Spotted tentiform leafminer 2 nd flight |
600 DD |
DD base 50°F: 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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