In this Issue:

FEATURE ARTICLE

Manure as a Nutrient Source for Vegetable Crop Production

RESOURCES

New Publications

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Pest Update

European Corn Borer Flight, Almost Ready for Take-off

STRAWBERRY NEWS

MDA's Pest Sampling Data

IPM Berry Update

APPLE NEWS

Apple Pest Focus: Light Brown Apple Moth

Weekly Trap Counts

Apple Scab Infections


Order: 2007 Minnesota Vegetable Guide

Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 4 No. 3   May 25, 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

358.4
(4/1 to 5/22)

5/16 – 5/22

5

0

22

24

---

51

Houston

La Crescent

435.2
(4/1 to 5/24)

5/16 – 5/24

25

0

21

0

15

34

Winona

St. Charles

---

5/15 – 5/22

3

0

0

1

4

0

Hiawatha Region

Rice

Faribault
(Site 1)

422.8
(4/5 to 5/22)

5/15 – 5/22

1
(avg. 2 traps)

0

6

0

14

11

Rice

Faribault
(Site 2)

465.4
(4/1 to 5/23)

5/16 – 5/23

3

0

1

0

14

2

Wabasha

Elgin

411.8
(4/4 to 5/23)

5/16 – 5/23

48
(avg. 2 traps)

0

1

0

1

4

Wabasha

Lake City

408.9
(4/4 to 5/23)

5/16 – 5/23

29.5
(avg. 2 traps)

0

2

0

3

1

St. Croix Region

Chisago

Shafer

427.6
(3/23 to5/23)

5/17 – 5/23

1.5
(avg. 4 traps)

0

13

0

15

74

Dakota

Lakeville

452.7
(3/30 to 5/23)

5/16 – 5/23

1
(avg. 2 traps)

0

0

6

6

0

Washington

Hastings
(Site 1)

456
(4/1 to 5/24)

5/16 – 5/24

9.33
(avg. 3 traps)

0

22

0

0

5.5
(avg. 2 traps)

Washington

Hastings
(Site 2)

442.9
(4/1 to 5/24)

5/16 – 5/24

6
(avg. 4 traps)

0

7

0

14

15

Washington

Hugo

431.7
(4/1 to 5/23)

5/16 – 5/23

2

0

4

0

1

19

Washington

White Bear Lake

406.8
(4/1 to 5/24)

5/17 – 5/24

11
(avg. 2 traps)

0

16

0

7

39

West Metro Region

Scott

Veseli

400.1
(4/13 to 5/21)

5/16 – 5/21

14

0

0

4

17

72

Stearns

Fairhaven

369.3
(4/3 to 5/21)

5/14 – 5/21

3
(avg. 2 traps)

0

5

0

41

28

Other Location

Pine

Kerrick

250
(4/1 to5/23)

5/16 – 5/23

0

0

0

0

29

14

 

 

 

 

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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