In this Issue:
Welcome!
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 |
WELCOME!
Bill Hutchison, Dept. of Entomology, University of MN, St. Paul, MN, Jean Ciborowski, Ag. Resources Management and Development Div., MN Dept. of Agriculture, St. Paul, MN, and Suzanne Wold-Burkness, Dept. of Entomology, University of MN, St. Paul, MN
Welcome to the first issue of the 2005 Minnesota Fruit & Vegetable IPM News
Once again, we have received funding to support the continued publication of the newsletter through partnership agreements with the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association and the United States Department of Agriculture – Risk Management Agency (RMA). As in previous years, we plan to maintain the newsletter as a partnership between the University of Minnesota Extension Service, Dept. of Entomology, (U of M) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA).
Our primary goal is to alert growers and processors of pest outbreaks, and timely management recommendations. When relevant, we also provide newsworthy topics related to biotechnology and specialty crops, nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables, impacts of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), produce marketing, and articles of broad interest concerning the benefits of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and sustainable agriculture.
Much of the pest monitoring data, including the European corn borer moth catch network, is provided by great volunteers. Thanks in advance for your help again this year! The MDA would also like to thank the apple and strawberry cooperators who have agreed to participate in the program. Their willingness to cooperate is very much appreciated! Our field staff person, Abdalla Ibrahim, will be collecting data at several of the locations. Other sites will be self monitored by the growers.
The Minnesota Fruit & Vegetable IPM News is published weekly from May through August. The News will be posted on the U of MN VegEdge site in htm format at www.vegedge.umn.edu/MNFruit&VegNews/mnindex.htm and the MDA web site in pdf format at www.mda.state.mn.us/biocon/fruitreports/ every Friday afternoon during the season.
If you have suggestions and/or comments, please let us know. Contributions and field observations from growers are also welcome. Send your contributions by 4 p.m., Wednesdays to Jean via email jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
We wish you the best for a productive and profitable growing season and hope you find this publication useful to your enterprise!
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.
DISCLAIMER
Reference 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.
The University, including the Minnesota Extension Service, is an equal opportunity educator and employer. ©1999-2005 Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Contact copyright@extension.umn.edu for information on reproduction or use of this material.