In this Issue:

FEATURE ARTICLE

How to Win a Customer - For Life!

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Pest Update

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Leaf Cupping in Strawberries

APPLE NEWS

Apple Scab Infections

Weekly Trap Counts

Field Day Announcement

NOTE: There will be no Newsletter next week.

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Insect, Pest Fact Sheets
Vol 4 No. 7   June 29, 2007

Apple Insect Pests: Weekly Trap Counts

 County

 Location

Degree Days (Dates)**

Dates Traps in Orchard

CM

DWB

LAW

 OBLR

RBLR

STLM

AM

La Crescent Region

Fillmore

Preston

942.8
(4/1 to 6/25)

6/20 – 6/27

8

6

9

3

180

360

---

Houston

La Crescent

1044.5
(4/1 to 6/27)

6/20 – 6/27

5

3

13

0

132

1100

---

Winona

St. Charles

---

6/19 – 6/25

0

---

---

1

143

---

---

Hiawatha Region

Rice

Faribault (Site 1)

1094.7
(4/5 to 6/26)

6/19 – 6/26

1
(avg. 2 traps)

11

3

1

172

1

0.33
(avg. 3 spheres)

Rice

Faribault (Site 2)

1124.9
(4/1 to 6/27)

6/21 – 6/27

1

3

6

7

138

300

---

Wabasha

Elgin

1040.3
(4/4 to 6/27)

6/20 – 6/27

1
(avg. 2 traps)

13

2

0

110

204

0
(avg. 3 spheres)

Wabasha

Lake City

1050.0
(4/4 to 6/27)

6/20 – 6/27

4
(avg. 2 traps)

14

16

2

155

108

0
(avg. 3 spheres)

St. Croix Region

Chisago

Shafer

1038.8
(3/23 to 6/27)

6/21 – 6/27

3.75
(avg. 4 traps)

8

3

1

120

279

---

Dakota

Lakeville

1134.5
(3/30 to 6/27)

6/20 – 6/27

0
(avg. 2 traps)

9

1

0

82

54

---

Dakota

West St. Paul

---

6/20 – 6/27

10

1

11

0

97

2025

2.67
(avg. 3 spheres)

Washington

Hastings (Site 2)

1092.9
(4/1 to 6/28)

6/21 – 6/28

1.75
(avg. 4 traps)

34

6

0

156

~80

0
(avg. 4 spheres)

Washington

Hugo

1079.4
(4/1 to 6/27)

6/20 – 6/27

3

1

3

0

112

388

0
(avg. 3 spheres)

Washington

White Bear Lake

964.7
(4/1 to 6/26)

6/21 – 6/28

5
(avg. 2 traps)

4

17

2

91

405

0
(avg. 3 spheres)

West Metro Region

Scott

Veseli

1027.4
(4/13 to 6/24)

6/19 – 6/24

3

0

0

0

79

567

---

Stearns

Fairhaven

1000.5
(4/3 to 6/25)

6/18 – 6/25

2
(avg. 2 traps)

63

20

2

88

240

0
(avg. 3 spheres)

Other Location

Pine

Kerrick

714
(4/1 to 6/27)

6/19 – 6/27

0

0

0

2

0

~80

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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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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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