In this Issue:

IPM as a Risk Management Tool? Recent Thoughts about Taking Time to Plan


VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Pest Update

Snap Bean Seeding Rate Considerations for 2005

New Registration for Headline Fungicide

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Weekly Pest Sampling Data/Critical Spring Temperatures

Upcoming Field Days

APPLE NEWS

Questions and Answers Regarding Apple Freeze Damage and Thinning

Assessing Frost Damage to Apple Buds, Flowers, Fruit and Trees

Current and Coming Events

Weekly Trap Counts

Apple Scab Infections


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 2 No.2   May 16, 2005

Apple: Weekly Trap Counts May 6 – May 12, 2005

County

Location

Degree Days (Dates)**

CM

RBLR

OBLR

OFM

LAW

La Crescent Region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fillmore

Preston

xxx

3

129

0

0

xxx

Houston

La Crescent

xxx

0

38

0

0

xxx

Hiawatha Region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rice

Faribault - Site 1

213.3

(4/06 to 5/10)

0

180

0

0

0

Rice

Faribault – Site 2

xxx

1

162

0

0

xxx

Wabasha

Elgin

208.7

(4/05 to 5/11)

0

62

0

0

0

Wabasha

Lake City

215.7

(4/05 to 5/11)

0

83

0

0

xxx

St. Croix Region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dakota

West St. Paul

(Trap data for: 5/01 to 5/11)

xxx

5

63

0

0

xxx

Washington

Hastings – Site 1

xxx

0

55

0

0

xxx

Washington

Hastings – Site 2

234.0

(4/01 to 5/12)

0

74

0

xxx

0

Washington

Hastings – Site 3

xxx

0

54

0

0

xxx

Washington

White Bear Lake

xxx

0

24

0

0

xxx

West Metro Region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stearns

Fairhaven

194.2

(4/04 to 5/09)

0

171

0

0

0

Scott

Veseli

198.3

(4/08 to 5/10)

0

207

0

0

xxx

Other Locations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pine

Kerrick

115.0

(4/01 to 5/11)

0

10

0

0

xxx

* Locations monitored for: CM = codling moth, RBLR = redbanded leafroller, OBLR = obliquebanded leafroller, LAW = lesser appleworm, and/or OFM = oriental fruit moth, XX = no information provided, xxx = not monitored at these locations.

** Degree days using SpecWare 7 Pro = cumulative or integral degree days (uses hourly temperatures), with calculation parameters of Base Temp = 50° F and Upper Limit = 86° F.

 

 

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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

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