In this Issue:
FEATURE ARTICLE
From the Marketing Department: How to Lose a Customer - For Life!
RESEARCH UPDATE
Use of Green Manure Cover Crops Improves Disease Management
VEGETABLE NEWS
STRAWBERRY NEWS
MDA's Pest Sampling Data
APPLE NEWS
NEW PUBLICATION
Please note: There will be NO IPM Newsletter next week. We will be back on June 22nd!
| Vol 4 No. 5 | June 8, 2007 |
MDA’s Weekly Pest Sampling* Data for Strawberry
| Location | Date Sampled |
Strawberry Bud Weevil |
Tarnished Plant Bug (TPB) |
Thrips |
||
Avg. # clipped buds/2ft2 |
# of adult weevils found in field |
Avg. #nymphs/flower cluster |
# Adults observed in 20 flower clusters |
Avg. # / flower bud |
||
Fairhaven |
6/04 |
0.13 |
5 |
0.25 |
0 |
2.3 |
White Bear Lake |
6/07 |
0.20 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3.1 |
* Sampling is done using standard sampling techniques for each pest.
Data collected at a given cooperator site is a “snap-shot” of that particular field and does not represent other fields in that area.
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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