In this Issue:

Welcome!

FEATURE ARTICLE

What can we do to help honey bees?

VEGETABLE NEWS

Bean Leaf Beetle Overwintering Survival?

2007 Minnesota Grown Directory Now Available

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Winter Injury in Berry Plants

MDA's Pest Sampling Data

APPLE NEWS

Apple Insect Pests To Be Monitored In 2007 by the MDA

Weekly Trap Counts

Apple Scab Infections

MAKE A NOTE - Updated MDA Web Site Unveiled


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Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 4 No. 1   May 11, 2007

Apple Insect Pests: Weekly Trap Counts

 County

 Location

 Degree Days (Dates)**

Dates Traps in Orchard

CM

 DWB

LAW

 OBLR

RBLR

STLM

La Crescent Region

Fillmore

Preston

195.0 (4/1-5/9)

5/2-5/9

1

0

2

35

400

150

Houston

La Crescent

210.1 (4/1-5/9)

5/2-5/9

1

0

5

0

171

455

Hiawatha Region

Rice

Faribault - Site 1

210.5 (4/5-5/8)

5/1-5/8

0 (avg. 2 traps)

0

0

0

154

232

Rice

Faribault – Site 2

251.9 (4/1-5/9)

5/2-5/9

0

0

1

0

~243

~165

Wabasha

Elgin

214.8 (4/4-5/9)

5/2-5/9

0 (avg. 2 traps)

0

0

0

76

27

Wabasha

Lake City

215.5 (4/4-5/9)

5/2-5/9

0 (avg. 2 traps)

0

0

0

130

208

St. Croix Region

Chisago

Shafer

255.9 (3/2-5/9)

5/3-5/9

0

0

0

0

225

1782

Dakota

Lakeville

237.9 (3/30-5/9)

5/2-5/9

0

0

0

0

33

29

Dakota

West St. Paul

---

5/5-5/9

3

0

3

2

55

760

Washington

Hastings – Site 1

231.0 (4/1-5/9)

5/3-5/9

0.67 (avg. 3 traps)

0

5

0

11

13.5 (avg. 2 traps)

Washington

Hastings – Site 2

240.7 (4/1-5/10)

5/3-5/10

0.5 (avg. 4 traps)

0

2

0

63

75

Washington

Hugo

161.9 (4/1-5/9)

5/2-5/9

0

0

1

0

136

113

Washington

White Bear Lake

165.2 (4/1- 5/7)

5/3-5/10

0 (avg. 2 traps)

0

7

0

76

320

West Metro Region

Scott

Veseli

235.0 (4/13- 5/9)

5/1- 5/9

3

0

0

7

257

1,300

Stearns

Fairhaven

186.0 (4/3-5/7)

4/30- 5/7

0 (avg. 2 traps)

0

0

0

140

204

Other Location

Pine

Kerrick

145 (4/1-5/9)

5/1-5/9

0

0

0

0

31

27

 

 

 

 

CM

DWB

LAW

OBLR

RBLR

STLM

KEY: CM = codling moth, DWB = dogwood borer, LAW = lesser apple worm, OBLR = obliquebanded leafroller, RBLR = redbanded leafroller, STLM = spotted tentiform leafminer,    --- = 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. 

 

 

 

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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 Jeanne Ciborowski, 651-201-6217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us , MDA, 625 Robert St. North, St. Paul, MN  55155.  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/plants/pestmanagement/ipm/ipmnews.htm

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