In this Issue:

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Pest Update

NEWS YOU CAN USE

USDA-Farm Service Agency Encourages Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers to Participate in County Committee Elections

STRAWBERRY NEWS

MDA's Pest Sampling Data

IPM Berry Update

APPLE NEWS

Apple Pest Focus: Dogwood Borer (Synanthedon scitula)

Weekly Trap Counts

Apple Scab Infections


Order: 2007 Minnesota Vegetable Guide

Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 4 No. 4   June 1, 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

463.3
(4/1 to 5/30)

5/22 – 5/30

5

0

12

0

2

20

Houston

La Crescent

524.2
(4/1 to 5/30)

5/24 – 5/30

12

0

38

0

---

5

Winona

St. Charles

---

5/22 – 5/30

13

---

---

0

3

---

Hiawatha Region

Rice

Faribault
Site 1

514.5
(4/5 to 5/29)

5/22 – 5/29

1
(avg. 2 traps)

0

2

0

3

2

Rice

Faribault
Site 2

563.9
(4/1 to 5/31)

5/23 – 5/31

3

0

4

1

1

0

Wabasha

Elgin

501.9
(4/4 to 5/30)

5/23 – 5/30

54
(avg. 2 traps)

0

6

0

0

0

Wabasha

Lake City

497.8
(4/4 to 5/30)

5/23 – 5/30

42
(avg. 2 traps)

0

2

0

1

0

St. Croix Region

Chisago

Shafer

508.6
(3/23 to 5/30)

5/23 – 5/30

2.75
(avg. 4 traps)

0

12

2

0

6

Dakota

Lakeville

560.2
(3/30 to 5/31)

5/23 – 5/31

2

0

4

1

0

0

Dakota

West St. Paul

---

5/16 – 5/30
(traps out for 2 wks)

5

3

28

0

8

139

Washington

Hastings
Site 1

532.0
(4/1 to 5/30)

5/24 – 5/30

13.3
(avg. 3 traps)

0

10

0

0

0
 (avg. 2 traps)

Washington

Hastings
Site 2

530.9
(4/1 to 5/31)

5/24 – 5/31

7.25
(avg. 4 traps)

0

5

0

0

0

Washington

Hugo

513.4
(4/1 to 5/30)

5/23 – 5/30

2

0

4

0

0

0

Washington

White Bear Lake

494.0
(4/1 to 5/30)

5/24 – 5/31

4
(avg. 2 traps)

0

17

0

0

2

West Metro Region

Scott

Veseli

513.2
(4/13 to 5/29)

5/21 – 5/29

20

0

0

7

22

73

Other Location

Pine

Kerrick

286.0
(4/1 to 5/29)

5/23 – 5/29

0

0

9

0

21

25

 

 

 

 

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

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