In this Issue:
MDA Apple and Strawberry Pest and Identification Manuals
VEGETABLE NEWS
Vegetable Insect Update - Seed Corn Maggot
STRAWBERRY NEWS
Strawberry Insect Pests that will be Monitored in 2005
APPLE NEWS
Apple Insect Pests that will be Monitored in 2005
| Vol 2 No. 1 | May 9, 2005 |
MDA Apple and Strawberry Pest and Identification Manuals
Field Guide for Identification of Pest Insects, Diseases, and Beneficial Organisms in Minnesota Apple Orchards
Available on line at: www.mda.state.mn.us/ipm/applefg/
Field Guide for Identification of Pest Insects, Diseases, and Beneficial Organisms in Minnesota Strawberry Fields
Available on line at: www.mda.state.mn.us/ipm/strawberryfg/
These field guides provide information on the common pests (insects, mites, and diseases) of apple and strawberry in Minnesota. They are designed to help apple and strawberry growers, researchers, and others professionals associated with apple and strawberry production and pest management to identify common pests, pest damage, and beneficial organisms in Minnesota apple orchards and strawberry plantings. They provide easy-to-use field identification characters (distinguishing marks or colors) that can be used to diagnose key pest species from look-alikes (pests and non-pests) that may be confused with them.
Integrated Pest Management Manual for Minnesota Apple Orchards
Available on line at: www.mda.state.mn.us/ipm/applemanual/
Integrated Pest Management Manual for Minnesota Strawberry Fields
Available on line at: www.mda.state.mn.us/ipm/berrymanual/
The apple and strawberry IPM manuals provide guidance and technical support to growers interested in adopting integrated pest management. They are intended for use as tools to aid apple and strawberry growers in Minnesota with sampling, monitoring, and managing key insect pests, mites, diseases, and weeds in their orchards and plantings.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison ( hutch002@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Management and Development Division, and Suzanne Wold-Burkness ( woldx018@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota
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., Wednesday 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/
Partial funding for this publication is provided through partnership agreements with the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (MFVGA) and the United States Department of Agriculture – Risk Management Agency (RMA). These institutions are equal opportunity providers.
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