In this Issue:

VEGETABLE NEWS

Rapid Response Fund Supports Research on the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle in Grapes

Minnesota Vegetable Insect Overview for 2004

APPLE NEWS

Trap Catches for 2003 and 2004 at Selected Orchards by Region

Tell us what you think of the newsletter! (2004 Survey)

Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

2004 READERSHIP SURVEY - MN FRUIT & VEGETABLE IPM NEWS

This is the last issue of the Newsletter for the season. We would like your feedback and hope that you will take the time to respond to these questions: PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

Please print this page, fill in, and send to Jean Ciborowski, MDA, 90 W. Plato Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55107 or follow this link to view a pdf version of this survey, fill in and sen via email at: jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us, or fax to: 651-297-7678

1. For readers who received a hard copy in the mail: Did your Newsletter arrive in good shape? If not, what was wrong with it?

2. Which category best describes your occupation: (Check only one)

___ Grower ( Fruit or Vegetable (circle one or both)) ___ Processor

___ Teaching/Research ___ Government ___Crop consultant ___ Other (write in title)

3. In which county(ies) in MINNESOTA do you work: (Please list)

4. What are the most important crops you grow (overall value; list most important first)?

5. Please check each of the following categories which are MOST useful to you (check as many as you wish):

6. What else are you most interested in that we are not adequately covering?: (e.g., other topics not listed above)

7. Was this newsletter useful to your operation during 2004?

Very useful______ Useful _______ Somewhat useful________ Not useful ________

Thanks again for your interest in the MN Fruit & Vegetable IPM News! Your input will allow us to improve the newsletter.

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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

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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References to products in this publication is not intended to be an endorsement to the exclusion of others which may have similar uses.  Any person using products listed in this publication assumes full responsibility for their use in accordance with current manufacturer directions.

Last Revised September 17, 2004.
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