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In this Issue: VEGETABLE NEWS Honey Bees: Bt corn Not Likely the Causal Agent for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) STRAWBERRY NEWS APPLE NEWS Apple Pest Focus: Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) and Its Look Alikes USEFUL WEBSITES A QUICK WAY TO FIND PESTICIDES REGISTERED IN MINNESOTA |
Useful Web Sites:Facts for Fancy Fruits Newsletter: www.hort.purdue.edu/fff/fff.html Fruit Crop Advisory Team Alert - newsletters from Michigan State University: www.ipm.msu.edu/fruit-cat.htm Illinois Fruit & Vegetable News - A Newsletter for Commercial Growers of Fruit and Vegetable Crops from University of Illinois Extension and the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences: www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html Midwest Apple IPM @ Iowa State University: www.public.iastate.edu/~appleipm/appleIPMMod/ Midwest Commercial Small Fruit & Grape Spray Guide, 2007: http://hort.agriculture.purdue.edu/pdfs/07SprayGuide.pdf (88 pages) 2007 Midwest Tree Fruit Spray Guide: www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1282.pdf (72 pages) Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Fruit IPM Publications Integrated Pest Management Manual for Minnesota Apple Orchards: Field Guide for Identification of Pest Insects, Diseases, and Beneficial Organisms in Minnesota Strawberry Fields: Integrated Pest Management Manual for Minnesota Strawberry Fields: Minnesota Grown Program- at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA): www.mda.state.mn.us/food/minnesotagrown/ Scaffolds Fruit Journal – Update on Pest Management and Crop Development from Cornell University: www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/scaffolds/2007/ VedEdge – Vegetable IPM Resource for the Midwest from University of Minnesota extension: www.vegedge.umn.edu/ WI Pest Bulletin- from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection: http://pestbulletin.wi.gov/index.jsp
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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 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. |
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