As we approach the end of bloom, growers should consider the need for any post-bloom applications. The main pest targets for these applications are mainly Sparganothis fruitworm and spotted fireworm. [Read more…]
Fruit Crops Edition - Cranberry Section
Seasonal updates on diseases, insects, weeds impacting small fruit (blueberry, cranberry, and wine grape). Fruit Pest Alerts are also available via this category feed.
Subscription is through the general Fruit feed available via EMAIL and RSS.
June 19, 2013 Wes Kline and Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: FDA Q&A Printable Summary
The Food Safety Modernization Act will impact most growers in New Jersey.
Over the past weeks, we have posted the Questions and Answers for each of the conference calls focusing on subparts of the proposed Produce Safety Rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act on the PPA Food Safety section. For your convenience, the Q&A’s have been collected into a single PDF.
June 17, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cranberry: Insect Update 6/17/2013
Bloom has started. If insects have been effectively managed prior to bloom, we recommend no sprays at this time. A reminder: when bees are present your only choices of insecticides are the Insect Growth Regulators –IGR- (e.g. Confirm and Intrepid) or Bt products (e.g. DiPel).
From now until August, we recommend monitoring insect populations using pheromone traps. [Read more…]
June 17, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
On-Farm Research in Cranberry: SPARG Trap Design & Color
In 2012 we started a study to compare the efficacy of different trap designs (delta versus wing traps) and colors (white versus red) on Sparganothis fruitworm (SPARG) adult captures. We found that red delta traps (Trécé Pherocon VI) are more effective than white delta traps. White delta traps also catch greater number of honey bees, and it is possible that this saturates the sticky traps. We are continuing this work and testing this hypothesis in 2013. Results from these studies will be presented at future grower meetings.
Experiment set-up to test effect of
trap design and color on
Sparganothis fruitworm captures.
Data show red delta traps to be more effective than white delta traps in catching adult Sparanothis fruitworm.
June 17, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cranberry IPM Supply Sources
Below is a list of where to get supplies for IPM programming. I have put together the following list for those of you who wish to purchase supplies. This is not an endorsement of any particular company. Some vendors are manufacturers, and sell direct, while others are only retailers.
Distributors, Dealers, Manufacturers
- Phero Tech, Inc., 7272 Progress Way, Delta, B.C. Canada V4G 1E9
800-665-0076, www.pherotech.com - Scentry Biologicals, Inc., 610 Central Ave., Billings, MT 59102
800-735-5323, www.scentry.com - Suterra, LLC., 213 Southwest Columbia St., Bend, OR 97702
866-326-6737, www.suterra.com - Trece, Inc., 7569 Highway 28 West, P.O. Box 129, Adair, OK 74330
866-785-1313, www.trece.com - Great Lakes IPM, 10220 Church Rd. NE, Vestaburg, MI 48891
800-235-0285, www.greatlakesipm.com - IPM Tech. Inc., 4134 N. Vancouver Ave., #105, Portland, OR 97217
888-476-8727, www.ipmtech.com - Gempler’s, P.O. Box 270, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572
800-382-8473, www.gemplers.com - AgBio, Inc., 9915 Raleigh St., Westminster, CO 80031
877-268-2020, www.agbio-inc.com - ISCA Technologies, P.O. Box 5266, Riverside, CA 92517
951-686-5008, www.iscatech.com
June 10, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
On-Farm Research Results in Cranberry: Altacor
Rutgers Technician Robert Holdcraft
sweeping a cranberry bed.
Altacor is a new insecticide registered in cranberries. A few weeks ago we conducted an experiment to test the efficacy of Altacor® (DuPont) at 4.5 oz/acre against spotted fireworm larvae.
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