In this Issue:
GUEST ARTICLES
Why Use High Tunnels in minnesota?
USDA-Farm Service Agency County Committee Election
VEGETABLE NEWS
STRAWBERRY NEWS
Using Computer Models to Time Fungicide Sprays in Strawberries
APPLE NEWS
Weekly Trap Counts: June 27 - July 7, 2005
REMINDER: Apple Maggot Emergence Has Begun
| Vol 2 No.9 | July 11, 2005 |
Apple: Weekly Trap Counts
County |
Location |
Dates Traps were Out in Orchard |
Degree Days (Dates)** |
CM |
RBLR |
OBLR |
LAW |
AM |
La Crescent Region |
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Fillmore |
Preston |
6/27 to 7/05 |
~1075.0 (4/05 to 7/05) |
2 |
109 |
9 |
xxx |
--- |
Houston |
La Crescent |
6/29 to 7/07 |
xxx |
3 |
99 |
28 |
xxx |
--- |
Winona |
St. Charles |
6/29 to 7/07 |
xxx |
3 |
98 |
4 |
xxx |
--- |
Hiawatha Region |
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Rice |
Faribault - Site 1 |
6/28 to 7/5 |
1122.8 (4/06 to 7/5) |
2 |
113 |
12 |
6 |
--- |
Rice |
Faribault – Site 2 |
6/30 to 7/06 |
xxx |
2 |
58 |
18 |
xxx |
--- |
Wabasha |
Elgin |
6/29 to 7/06 |
1058.4 (4/05 to 7/06) |
2 |
27 |
1 |
2 |
--- |
Wabasha |
Lake City |
6/29 to 7/06 |
1119.9 (4/05 to 7/06) |
0 |
115 |
21 |
xxx |
--- |
St. Croix Region |
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Chisago |
Shafer (Avg. for 2 traps/insect) |
6/29 to 7/06 |
1079.1 (3/31 to 7/06) |
1 |
68.5 |
5.5 |
xxx |
1.3 (avg. for 6 spheres) |
Dakota |
West St. Paul |
6/29 to 7/06 |
xxx |
5 |
41 |
10 |
xxx |
0.17 (avg. for 6 spheres) |
Washington |
Hastings – Site 2 (Avg. for 3 traps/insect) |
6/29 to 7/06 |
1025.4 (4/01 to 7/06) |
1.3 |
47.7 |
4.7 |
4.0 |
0 (avg. for 6 spheres) |
Washington |
Hugo |
6/29 7/06 |
1099.9 (4/06 to 7/06) |
6 |
52 |
4 |
xxx |
--- |
Washington |
White Bear Lake |
6/30 to 7/07 |
xxx |
4 |
44 |
7 |
xxx |
--- |
West Metro Region |
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Scott |
Veseli |
6/29 to 7/06 |
~1101.8 (4/08 to 7/06) |
6 |
112 |
17 |
xxx |
3 |
Stearns |
Fairhaven |
6/27 to 7/04 |
No data collected this week because of the Holiday. |
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Wright |
Maple Lake |
6/29 to 7/06 |
xxx |
5 |
21 |
4 |
1 |
--- |
Other Locations |
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Martin |
Fairmont |
6/30 to 7/06 |
xxx |
1 |
0 |
5 |
xxx |
0 |
* 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.
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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