In this Issue:
VEGETABLE NEWS
Food Alliance Certification and Treatment Thresholds
APPLE NEWS
Key Apple Pests of Concern during the Summer and Fall
Weekly Trap Counts: July 5 - July 14, 2005
| Vol 2 No.10 | July 18, 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 |
7/05 to 7/11 |
~1211.1 (4/05 to 7/11) |
10 |
40 |
1 |
xxx |
0.33 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) |
Hiawatha Region |
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Rice |
Faribault - Site 1 |
7/05 to 7/12 |
1288.8 (4/06 to 7/12) |
2 |
131 |
7 |
6 |
0 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) |
Wabasha |
Elgin |
7/06 to 7/13 |
1220.7 (4/05 to 7/13) |
2 |
20 |
1 |
2 |
1 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) |
Wabasha |
Lake City |
7/06 to 7/13 |
1300.1 (4/05 to 7/13) |
3 |
240 |
5 |
xxx |
3.3 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) |
St. Croix Region |
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Chisago |
Shafer (Avg. for 2 traps/insect) |
7/06 to 7/13 |
1253.6 (3/31 to 7/13) |
0 |
129 |
3 |
xxx |
12.5 (avg. for 6 baited spheres) |
Dakota |
Lakeville (Avg. for 3 traps/insect) |
7/06 to 7/13 |
xxx |
0.3 |
27.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 (avg. for 12 unbaited spheres) |
Dakota |
West St. Paul |
7/06 to 7/13 |
xxx |
1 |
22 |
20 |
xxx |
0.71 (avg. for 7 unbaited spheres) |
Washington |
Hastings – Site 2 (Avg. for 3 traps/insect) |
7/07 to 7/13 |
1205.2 (4/01 to 7/13) |
2.3 |
79 |
2.3 |
6 |
0 (avg. for 6 unbaited spheres) |
Washington |
Hastings – Site 3 |
7/07 to 7/13 |
xxx |
0 |
70 |
3 |
1 |
0.67 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) |
Washington |
Hugo |
7/06 to 7/13 |
1280.6 (4/06 to 7/13) |
1 |
98 |
1 |
xxx |
3.7 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) |
Washington |
White Bear Lake |
7/07 to 7/14 |
xxx |
4 |
41 |
3 |
xxx |
4.3 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) |
West Metro Region |
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Stearns |
Fairhaven |
6/27 to 7/11 (2 weeks) |
1145.5 (4/04 to 7/11) |
4 |
141 |
25 |
33 |
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Wright |
Maple Lake |
7/06 to 7/13 |
xxx |
6 |
21 |
4 |
xxx |
1.3 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) |
Other Locations |
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Pine |
Kerrick |
7/06 to 7/13 |
798.0 (4/01 to 7/13) |
0 |
0 |
43 |
xxx |
0 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) |
* Locations monitored for: CM = codling moth, RBLR = redbanded leafroller, OBLR = obliquebanded leafroller, and LAW = lesser appleworm at selected locations, XX = no information provided, xxx = not monitored at these locations, --- = begins week of 7/18.
** Degree days using Spec 7 Pro = cumulative or integral degree days (uses hourly temperatures), with calculation parameters of Base Temp = 50° F and Upper Limit = 86° F.
***AM – Note that some locations use apple essence bait while others do not. The threshold for a baited sphere is 5 AM and 1 AM for unbaited sphere.
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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