Adult plum curculio with
crescent-shaped scar on fruit caused at oviposition
- Plum Curculio
- Aphids
- Thrips
- Leafrollers and Other Leps
- Cranberry Fruitworm
- First Post-Pollination Insecticide Options
Fruit Crops Edition
Seasonal updates on diseases, insects, weeds impacting tree fruit and small fruit (blueberry, cranberry, and wine grape). Fruit Pest Alerts are also available via this category feed.
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May 23, 2013 Blueberry IPM Team
Blueberry IPM for 5-22-13
May 22, 2013 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, and Atanas Atanassov
Fruit IPM Report for 5/22/13
- Peach
- Apple
- Pear
- Scouting Calendar
- Trap Counts
May 21, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cranberry: Insect Update 5/21/13
- Blackheaded fireworm
- Spotted fireworm
- Sparganothis fruitworm
- Cranberry Blossomworm
- Blunt-nosed leafhopper
- New Insecticide Closer SC
The cranberry season has been off to a very slow start due to the cold weather. Insect activity is just starting to increase. Thus, growers need to intensify their scouting efforts. The following insect pests bear special mention for early-season scouting:
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May 17, 2013 Anne Nielsen
BMSB Movement into Orchards
Brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) are expected to begin dispersing into fruit orchards any day. [Read more…]
May 15, 2013 Administrator
Cranberry Growers Twilight Meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Location: Pine Island Cranberry
Meeting Agenda
5:30: Dinner
6:30-7:00: Peter Oudemans,
Troubleshooting Cranberry Disease Problems
7:00-7:30: Cesar Rodrigues-Saona,
Identifying and Controlling Cranberry Insects
7:30-8:00: Pat Hastings,
Safety Precautions in Cranberry Pest Control
8:30-9:00: Dave Frank,
Current Status of Local Bee Populations & Controlling Bee Diseases
9:00-9:30: Ray Samulis,
Farm Safety and the AgrAbility Program
May 15, 2013 Blueberry IPM Team
Blueberry IPM for 5-15-13
From the Blueberry Bulletin
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Extension Specialist in Blueberry Entomology
Dean Polk, IPM Agent – Fruit
Gene Rizio, IPM Program Associate – Fruit
Aphids
Aphids: About 32% of shoot samples are positive for aphid infestation. As was the case last week, these are single aphids. They have not started to multiply into colonies. At this early stage searches should be done on the lowest shoot terminals. This is also where worm larvae are more likely to show up. [Read more…]
