In this Issue:
VEGETABLE NEWS
2008 Minnesota Grown Directory Now Available
2008 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers
STRAWBERRY NEWS
APPLE NEWS
Apple and Strawberry Insect Pests to Be Monitored In 2008 by the MDA
WI Eco-Apple IPM and Organic Conference Calls
| Vol 5 No. 1 | May 9, 2008 |
2008 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers (BU-07094)
Bill Hutchison, Dept. of Entomology, University of Minnesota
If you missed this at winter educational meetings, the new 2008 Revised Edition is available on the web. The annually revised publication provides all current recommendations (pest thresholds, sampling tips, variety information), as well as control options and recent pesticide registrations. The guide also includes research-based recommendations for all major weed, insect and disease pests, for all vegetable crops produced in the Midwest Region. The book is edited and reviewed by Extension Specialists in 5 states, including Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. The guide for 2008 includes 172 pp., numerous tables and figures, and web sites for additional information.
We held the price again, to $12.00 (+shipping, tax). To order the book, call (612) 624-4900 or 1-800-876-8636 (ask for BU–07094).
You may also order via the web, Minnesota Extension Service Web site:
http://shop.extension.umn.edu/PublicationDetail.aspx?ID=1179
(if not already an established user, you will be asked to set up a new user account).
You may also download selected pages from the Purdue Web site (PDF) at:
http://www.btny.purdue.edu/Pubs/ID/ID-56/
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
Partial funding for this publication is provided through partnership agreements with the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (MFVGA) and the United States Department of Agriculture – Risk Management Agency (RMA). These institutions are equal opportunity providers.
DISCLAIMER
Reference to products in this publication is not intended to be an endorsement to the exclusion of others which may have similar uses. Any person using products listed in this publication assumes full responsibility for their use in accordance with current manufacturer directions.
Last Revised May, 2008 by woldx018@umn.edu
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