MN Fruit & Vegetable IPM News - Vol. 1, No. 6

In this Issue:

Customer Awareness Series--Part 1

RISK & RISK MANAGEMENT

Risk and Risk Management

VEGETABLE NEWS

Snap Bean Seed Treatments and Seed Corn Maggot: Research update

Vegetable Insect Update

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Weekly Pest Sampling

APPLE NEWS

Apple Scab Infections

Degree Day Accumulations

Weekly Trap Counts

Pest Activity

Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 1 No.6

June 14, 2004

**Strawberry: Weekly Pest Sampling* Data**

Location	Date Sampled	Strawberry Bud Weevil	Strawberry Bud Weevil	Tarnished Plant Bug	Thrips
Location	Date Sampled	Avg. # clipped buds/2ft 2	# of adult weevils found in field	Avg. #nymphs/ flower cluster	Avg. #/flower bud
Fairhaven	6/8/2004	2.73	9	0	0.6
White Bear Lake	6/9/2004	0.4	0	0.5	0.4

*Sampling is done using standard sampling techniques for each pest. Data collected at a given cooperator site is a “snap-shot” of that particular field and does not represent other fields in that area.

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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.

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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 June 11, 2004.
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