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Welcome

VEGETABLE NEWS

2008 Minnesota Grown Directory Now Available

2008 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Mite Pests in Strawberries

APPLE NEWS

Apple and Strawberry Insect Pests to Be Monitored In 2008 by the MDA

Weekly Trap Counts

Apple Scab Infections

WI Eco-Apple IPM and Organic Conference Calls


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Insect, Pest Profiles

Vol 5 No. 1   May 9, 2008

Weekly Trap Counts for 2008

 

 County

Location

2008
Degree Days (Dates)*

Dates Traps in Orchard

 CM

 DWB

 LAW

 OBLR

RBLR

 STLM

La Crescent Region

Fillmore

Preston

 

4/29 - 5/07

0

0

0

0

96

0

Hiawatha Region

Rice

Faribault - Site 1

96.9
(4/01-5/06)

4/29 - 5/06

0
(avg. of 2 traps)

0

0

0

184

0

Rice

Faribault – Site 2

117.8
(4/01-5/07)

5/04 - 5/07

1

0

0

0

21

4

Wabasha

Elgin

110.7
(4/02-5/07)

4/30 - 5/07

0
(avg. of 2 traps)

0

0

0

79

2

Wabasha

Lake City

104.6
(4/02-5/07)

4/30 - 5/07

0
(avg. of 2 traps)

0

0

0

36

2

St. Croix Region

Chisago

Shafer

109.2
(4/02-5/07)

4/29 - 5/07

0

0

0

0

31

0

Dakota

Lakeville

---

4/29 - 5/08

0

0

0

0

0

0

Dakota

West St. Paul

114.8
(4/03-5/07)

4/29-5/07

0

0

0

0

3

276

Washington

Hastings – Site 1

104.0
(4/01-5/06)

4/27 - 5/07

0
(avg. of 3 traps)

0

0

0

40

0

Washington

Hastings – Site 2

127.1
(4/16-5/08)

4/29 - 5/08

0
(avg. of 2 traps)

0

0

0

46

12

Washington

White Bear Lake

---

4/29 - 5/06

0
(avg. of 2 traps)

0

0

0

6

0

West Metro Region

Scott

Veseli

109.6
(4/01-5/08)

4/29 - 5/08

0

0

0

0

55

252

Stearns

Fairhaven

79.9
(3/31-5/05)

4/28 - 5/05

0
(avg. of 2 traps)

0

0

0

2

0

Other Location

Morrison

Little Falls

---

5/02 - 5/08

0

0

0

0

1

24

Pine

Kerrick

39.0
(4/01-5/07)

4/29 - 5/07

0

0

0

0

0

0

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 = 50ºF and Upper Limit = 86ºF. 

 

 

 

 

 

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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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