In this Issue:

Welcome!

GUEST ARTICLE

Pesticide Misuse and Drift Considerations for Fruit & Vegetable Growers

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Pest Update

Watch for Black Cutworms in Sweet Corn

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Strawberry Insect Pests to be Monitored in 2006 by the MDA

MDA's Strawberry Weekly Pest Sampling Data

Strawberry Update

Berry IPM Field Day – May 24 at Afton Apple Orchard

APPLE NEWS

An Overview to Apple Pest Status in Minnesota

Apple Insect Pests to be Monitored in 2006 by the MDA

Apple: Weekly Trap Counts: May 1 – May 10, 2006

Apple Scab Infections

2006 Minnesota Grown Directory Now Available


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 3 No. 1   May 12, 2006

MDA's Strawberry Weekly Pest Sampling* Data

Location

Date Sampled

Strawberry Bud Weevil

Strawberry Bud Weevil

Tarnished Plant Bug (TPB)

Tarnished Plant Bug

Thrips

   

Avg. # clipped buds/2ft2

# of adult weevils found in field

Avg. #nymphs/flower cluster

# Adults/20 flower clusters
Avg. #/flower bud

Fairhaven

5/08

0.93

2

0

0

1.1

White Bear Lake

5/11

0

0

0.2

0

0.2

* Sampling is done using standard sampling techniques for each pest. Data collected at a given cooperator site is a snap-shot” of that particular field and does not represent other fields in that area.

 

 

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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

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 Jean Ciborowski, 651-201-6217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us, MDA, 625 Robert St. North, St. Paul, MN 55155-2538. 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 :http://www.mda.state.mn.us/ipm/ipmnews/

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