In this Issue:

To Our Readers

Article of Interest

Web Site of Interest

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Pest Update

STRAWBERRY NEWS

August in Strawberry Fields

APPLE NEWS

Weekly Trap Counts

Apple Scab Infections


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 3 No. 11   August 18 , 2006

Apple Insect Trap Counts for August 7 – August 16

County

  Location

2006 Degree Days (Dates)*

Dates Traps in Orchard

  CM

  DWB

LAW

OBLR

RBLR

STLM

AM

La Crescent Region

Winona

St. Charles

---

8/09 to 8/15

2

---

---

3

151

---

9.0
(avg. 3 baited spheres)

Hiawatha Region

Wabasha

Elgin

2079.1
(4/05 to 8/16)

8/09 to 8/16

35

0

3

0

8

4

3.67
(avg. 3 baited spheres)

Wabasha

Lake City

2194.1
(4/05 to 8/16)

8/09 to 8/16

29

0

53

2

168

112

5.33
(avg. 3 baited spheres)

St. Croix Region

Chisago

Shafer

2054.4
(4/01 to 8/15)

8/10 to 8/17

4.5
(avg. 4 traps)

0

33

0

49

972

0
(avg. 3 unbaited spheres)

Dakota

Lakeville

2324.9
(4/01 to 8/16)

8/09 to 8/16

0

0

4

1

71

30

0.67
(avg. 3 baited spheres
)

Dakota

West St. Paul

2120.5
(3/25 to 8/16)

8/02 to 8/16
(2 wks)

26

0

13

2

46

~2400

9.67
(avg. 3 baited spheres)

Washington

Hastings-Site 1

2260.0
(4/01 to 8/16)

8/08 to 8/16

19
(avg. 2 traps)

1

8

0

38

47
(avg. 2 traps)

0.11
(avg. 9 unbaited spheres)

Washington

Hastings-Site 2

2178.2
(4/02 to 8/16)

8/09 to 8/16

15

9

10

0

~110

~64

0.33 (avg. of 3 baited spheres)

Washington

Hugo

2121.1
(4/03 to 8/16)

8/09 to 8/16

5

0

3

0

54

0

6.3
(avg. 3 baited spheres)

West Metro Region

Scott

Veseli

2295.2
(4/01 to 8/16)

8/09 to 8/16

5

0

11

1

119

810

---
(avg. 3 baited spheres)

Stearns

Fairhaven

2090.1
(4/04 to 8/14)

8/07 to 8/14

10

0

21

4

34

648

4.0
(avg. 3 baited spheres)

Other Location

Pine

Kerrick

1613.0
(4/01 to 8/16)

8/09 to 8/16

0

0

26

0

0

387

17.3
(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 data 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.

 

Return to index


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/

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. ©1999-2006 Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Contact copyright@extension.umn.edu for information on reproduction or use of this material.