In this Issue:

VEGETABLE NEWS

Corn Earworm Early Warning: Time to Check Traps, Change Lures, and Watch for an Increase in Moth Flights

Vegetable Insect Update

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Strawberry Video

APPLE NEWS

Apple Tour

Key Pests of Concern During the Summer and Fall

Apple Scab Infections

Degree Day Accumulations

Weekly Trap Counts

 

Web Site of Interest

 

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no newsletter next week. The next edition will be out on August 6.


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets


Vol 1 No. 11   July 26, 2004

Apple: Weekly Trap Counts (July 15 – July 21)

Location

County

CM

LAW

OBLR

RBLR

TLM

AM**

St. Croix Region

 

Hastings

Washington

0

0

0

25

175

4

Shafer A

Chisago

0

9

6

125

420

41

White Bear Lake

Washington  

7

2

0

32

1,620

7

West Metro Region

 

 

Fair Haven

Stearns

0

4

0

91

243

14

Maple Lake

Wright

1

3

1

23

21

0

Hiawatha Region

 

Cleveland

LeSueur

1

2

0

19

17

3

Faribault

Rice

3

1

4

98

162

5

Lake City

Wabasha

5

3

1

113

162

0

Veseli (north of)

Southern Scott

2

6

1

98

2,025

0

La Crescent Region

 

Elgin

Wabasha

0

0

0

21

0

2

La Crescent

Houston

0

7

0

xxx

245

19

Preston B

Fillmore

5

12

0

35

800+

3

NE MN

 

Kerrick C

Pine

0

0

1

2

35

4

*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)
A. A note from the Grower: The OBLR and AM counts are the highest observed in five years of trapping.
B. Two week count ( July 7 - July 21)
C. Trap catches from July 14 – July 17

 

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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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Last Revised July 22, 2004.
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