In this Issue:

GUEST ARTICLE

Customer Awareness Series--Part 4

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Update

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Understanding the Strawberry at Renovation

Weekly Pest Data

APPLE NEWS

Pest Focus: Apple Maggot

Where the Heck Did “Peck” Come From?

Apple Scab Infections

Weekly Trap Counts

Redbanded Leafroller Graph

Degree Day Accumulations

 

Web Site of Interest


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets


Vol 1 No.9   July 12, 2004

Apple: Weekly Trap Counts (July 1 – July 7)

Location

County

CM

LAW

OBLR

RBLR

TLM

AM

St. Croix Region

 

Hastings

Washington  

0

5

0

0

260

0

Shafer

Chisago

3

40

57

0

304

0

White Bear Lake

Washington  

6

1

1

3

972

0

West Metro Region

 

 

Fair Haven

Stearns

10

1

9

4

486

1

Maple Lake

Wright

2

5

4

0

27

0

Hiawatha Region

 

Cleveland

LeSueur

5

0

1

14

450+

0

Faribault

Rice

6

0

2

119

243

0

Veseli (north of)

Southern Scott

6

16

1

28

1,476

0

La Crescent Region

 

La Crescent

Houston

1

11

1

29

750+

xxx

Preston

Fillmore

8

9

6

25

400+

xxx

NE MN

 

Kerrick

Pine

0

2

1

0

3

0

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

TLM = spotted tentiform leafminer, LAW = lesser appleworm, AM = apple maggot, xxx = no information.

 

 

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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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