In this Issue:

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Pest Update

A RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY FACT SHEET

APPLE NEWS

Summer Pruning

Apple Weekly Trap Counts

Apple Scab Infections

STRAWBERRY NEWS

White Grubs in Blueberries and Strawberries

Please Note: the next newsletter will be published August 11.


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 3 No. 9   July 21, 2006

Apple Insect Trap Counts for July 10 – July 20

 County

 Location

Degree Days in 2006 (Dates)*

Dates Traps in Orchard

 CM

 DWB

 LAW

 OBLR

 RBLR

 STLM

AM

La Crescent Region

Fillmore

Preston

1623.9 (4/01 to 7/19)

7/10 to 7/18

4

0

11

0

79

162

1.67 (avg. of 3 baited spheres)

Houston

La Crescent

1449.8 (3/22 to 7/20)

7/05 to 7/20

12

3

11

0

67

332

0.67 (avg. of 3 baited spheres)

Winona

St. Charles

---

7/11 to 7/18

31

---

---

1

30

---

---

Hiawatha Region

Rice

Faribault - Site 1

1507.4 (4/06 to 7/18)

7/11 to 7/18

0

2

3

7

126

163

1.33 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

Rice

Faribault – Site 2

---

7/13 to 7/19

1

0

10

1

91

486

3.0 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

Wabasha

Elgin

1437.4 (4/05 to 7/19)

7/12 to 7/19

10

1

7

0

70

34

1.67 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

Wabasha

Lake City

1532.4 (4/05 to 7/19)

7/12 to 7/19

17

6

7

3

28

98

1.33 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

St. Croix Region

Chisago

Shafer

1443.6 (4/01 to 7/19)

7/12 to 7/19

4 (avg. of 4 traps)

6

29

1

108

252

0.33 (avg. 3 unbaited spheres)

Dakota

West St. Paul

~1567.7 (3/25 to 7/19)

7/12 to 7/19

12

0

13

1

23

349

6.67 (avg. 3 baited spheres) & 0.17 (avg. 6 unbaited spheres)

Washington

Hastings – Site 1

---

7/11 to 7/19

10 (avg. of 2 traps)

1

14

2

38

38.5 (avg. of 2 traps)

0.1 (avg. 9 unbaited spheres)

Washington

Hastings – Site 2

1511.1 (4/02 to 7/19)

7/12 to 7/19

5 (avg. of 3 traps)

6

4

11

60

27

0 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

Washington

Hugo

1468.1 (4/03 to 7/19)

7/12 to 7/19

5

0

22

0

48

331

3.0 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

Washington

White Bear Lake

1411.2 (4/01 to 7/19)

7/13 to 7/20

11

1

29

2

38

648

1.33 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

West Metro Region

Scott

Veseli

1640.6 (4/01 to 7/19)

7/12 to 7/19

19

0

22

3

164

729

2 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

Stearns

Fairhaven

1419.6 (4/04 to 7/17)

7/10 to 7/17

4

48

7

1

1

316

8.33 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

Wright

Maple Lake

---

7/13 to 7/20

5

---

---

0

12

---

3.0 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

Other Location

Pine

Kerrick

1052 (4/01 to 7/19)

7/11 to 7/19

1

0

27

7

65

71

0 (avg. 3 baited spheres)

KEY: CM = codling moth, DWB = dogwood borer, LAW = lesser appleworm, OBLR = obliquebanded leafroller, RBLR = redbanded leafroller, STLM = spotted tentiform leafminer, AM = apple maggot --- = no information provided.
* 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 an unbaited sphere.

 

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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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