In this Issue:
VEGETABLE NEWS
STRAWBERRY NEWS
APPLE NEWS
Key Pests of Concern During the Summer and Fall
Web Site of Interest
PLEASE NOTE: There will be no newsletter next week. The next edition will be out on August 6.
| Vol 1 No. 11 | July 26, 2004 |
Web Site of Interest
Midwest Small Fruit Pest Management Handbook (1997)Available at: http://ohioline.osu.edu/b861/
Edited by Richard C. Funt, Michael A. Ellis, Celeste Welty, The Ohio State University
From the Introduction: “Effective fruit crop production depends on the grower developing a system of crop management that is appropriate for each farm. Decisions need to be made for how to manage all of the normal cultural practices such as planting, fertility, harvesting, and pruning as well as managing the insect, disease, and weed problems that occur either regularly or sporadically. The information in this handbook will address management issues related to both common, expected pest problems as well as the occasional appearance of minor pest problems.”
Partial Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction; Strategies for Pest Management; Monitoring Pests and Making Control Decisions
Chapter 1 – Strawberries
- General
- Integrated Management of Strawberry Diseases - Foliar Diseases - Strawberry Root Diseases; Strawberry Fruit Rots; Use of Disease Resistant Varieties; Cultural Practices For Disease Control; Fungicides for Strawberry Disease Control; Leaf Diseases
- Strawberry Pests and Their Management - Fruit or Flower-Feeding Pests of Strawberries; Foliage- or Stem-Feeding Pests of Strawberries; Root or Crown-Feeding Pests of Strawberries; Summary of Strawberry Insect Pest Management Procedures
- Weed Management in Strawberries - Cultivation/Biological Control; Prevention; Hand Hoeing/Mechanical Cultivation; Chemical Control
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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Last Revised July 22, 2004.
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