In this Issue:

GUEST ARTICLE

Strategic Innovation by Karl Foord

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Update

SPECIAL FEATURE

USDA-Farm Service Agency Urges Fruit and Vegetable Growers to Participate in County Committee Elections

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Strawberry Renovation

APPLE NEWS

Apple Scab Infections

Degree Day Accumulations

Weekly Trap Counts

 

Web Site of Interest


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets


Vol 1 No. 10   July 19, 2004

Apple: Weekly Trap Counts (July 8 – July 14)

Location

County

CM

LAW

OBLR

RBLR

TLM

AM**

St. Croix Region

 

Shafer

Chisago

0

19

16

11

446

5

White Bear Lake

Washington  

5

1

1

23

891

3

West Metro Region

 

 

Fair Haven

Stearns

4

1

0

28

324

1

Maple Lake

Wright

1

6

2

11

50

0

Hiawatha Region

 

Cleveland

LeSueur

5

4

0

35

xxx

2

Faribault

Rice

1

0

1

146

162

0

Lake City

Wabasha

22***

0

1

57

9

0

Veseli (north of)

Southern Scott

4

6

1

80

2,187

0

La Crescent Region

 

Elgin

Wabasha

4***

0

0

16

0

0

La Crescent

Houston

0

9

2

72

800+

26

SC MN

 

Fairmont

Martin

0

6

0

0

0

2

NE MN

 

Kerrick

Pine

0

0

2

0

110

0

*All Locations monitored for: CM = codling moth, RBLR = redbanded leafroller, OBLR = obliquebanded leafroller, TLM = spotted tentiform leafminer, LAW = lesser appleworm, xxx = no information
**AM = apple maggot (= Total catches from 3 spheres)
***Catch is for 2 weeks (July 1 – July 14)

 

 

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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

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Last Revised July 15, 2004.
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