In this Issue:

GUEST ARTICLE

Customer Awareness Series--Part 2

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Update


GROWER PROFILE

Pahl’s Market - A Multi-Generational Farm Using an Integrated Pest Management Approach

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Weekly Pest Sampling

Minnesota Grown Directory Helps Consumers Find Berries

Seasonal Reminders for Strawberry Growers

APPLE NEWS

Codling Moth Research Paper

Apple Scab Infections

Degree Day Accumulations

Weekly Trap Counts

Pest Activity

 

WEB SITE OF INTEREST

 


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets
Vol 1 No.7   June 21, 2004

Web Site Of Interest

Minnesota Department of Agriculture – Fruit IPM Publications:

  • Field Guide for Identification of Pest Insects, Diseases, and Beneficial Organisms in Minnesota Apple Orchards

  • Integrated Pest Management Manual for Minnesota Apple Orchards

  • Field Guide for Identification of Pest Insects, Diseases, and Beneficial Organisms in Minnesota Strawberry Fields

  • Integrated Pest Management Manual for Minnesota Strawberry Fields

    The above are four manuals with information about important apple and strawberry pests and related IPM information. Each is in PDF. format. If you don’t have Adobe Acrobat, you can download it by clicking on the button on the MDA web page. If you are a Minnesota commercial apple or strawberry grower, and you have not received copies of the above publications, please call Jean Ciborowski at 651-297-3217 to receive copies.

Available at: www.mda.state.mn.us/ipm/fandvipm.html

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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 June 17, 2004.
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