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GUEST ARTICLE
Maximizing Fruit Quality in Fresh Market Tomatoes – by Sieg Snapp, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State UniversityVEGETABLE NEWS
APPLE NEWS
Weekly Trap Counts
STRAWBERRY NEWS
Insect, Pest Fact Sheets
| Vol 1 No. 14 | August 30 , 2004 |
Apple: Weekly Trap Counts (August 19 - August 25)
Location |
County |
CM |
LAW |
OBLR |
RBLR |
TLM |
AM* |
St. Croix Region |
|
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Hastings |
Washington |
0 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
700 |
2 |
Shafer |
Chisago |
0** |
12 |
11 |
0 |
856 |
26 |
White Bear Lake |
Washington |
10 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
1,215 |
8 |
West Metro Region |
|
|
|||||
Fair Haven |
Stearns |
4 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
972 |
33 |
Maple Lake |
Wright |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Hiawatha Region |
|
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Cleveland |
LeSueur |
4 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
200 |
8 |
Faribault |
Rice |
6 |
1 |
2 |
73 |
243 |
9 |
Lake City |
Wabasha |
18 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
243 |
8 |
Veseli (north of) |
Southern Scott |
5 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
780 |
7 |
La Crescent Region |
|
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Elgin |
Wabasha |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
72 |
8 |
Preston |
Fillmore |
2 |
15 |
0 |
25 |
400 |
2 |
NE MN |
|
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Kerrick |
Pine |
0 |
30 |
0 |
3 |
21 |
35 |
*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)
**Using pheromone mating disruption.
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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