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The UVM Apple Team

Roger Brouillette, Gwen Neff, Jessica Reardon, Linda Boccuzzo, Dr. Elena Garcia, and Dr. Lorraine Berkett

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The UVM Apple Program:

Extension and Research for the commercial tree fruit grower in Vermont and beyond...

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Vermont Apple IPM Focus

  L.P.Berkett, IPM Specialist


1998 Postings....

Food Quality Protection Act - Links to information.
IPM News - November 3, 1998
Pest Alert - "Pin-Point" Storage Scab, September 1, 1998
IPM News - August 4, 1998
Pest Alert -Apple Maggot, July 21, 1998
fra2.gif (6138 bytes) Just an update to let you know that we are working with researchers at Penn State University on the development of an Apple Scab Computer Module to Aid in Decision-Making.  This effort began in January 1998 and is being supported by a one-year grant from the Fund for Rural America program.  Our goal is to have a prototype developed by the end of this year.  For a description of what a computer "expert system"  is click here bl_star.gif (874 bytes)
Pest Alert - Borers, July 13, 1998 -- See the UVM Apple Orchard
Pest Alert - Leafminers, July 8, 1998
IPM News -July 1, 1998 issue
Pest Alert - Apple Maggot, June 25, 1998
Pest Alert - Apple Scab, June 22, 1998
Pest Alert - Apple Scab, Flyspeck and Sooty Blotch, Leafminers, Leafhoppers, European Red Mites, Incompatibility Alert, Codling Moth, Apple Maggot, June 17, 1998
Pest Alert - Plum Curculio, Codling Moth, Apple Maggot, June 8, 1998
"IPM News" June 4, 1998 issue
  Pest Alert - European Apple Sawfly, Codling Moth, Plum Curculio, Apple Scab, May 27, 1998
Pest Alert -Apple Scab, Fire Blight, Plum Curculio, Codling Moth, Leafminer May 18, 1998
Degree Day Accumulation - Please see the UVM Apple Orchard home page for DD accumulation for Apple Scab Ascospore Maturity (base 32 F), Codling Moth (base 50 F), and Fire Blight Blossom Blight symptoms (base 55 F). 
Pest Alert -Apple Scab, Plum Curculio, Codling Moth  May 13, 1998
Pest Alert - Apple Scab, Fire Blight, Plum Curculio, European Apple Sawfly,Codling Moth, Leafminer,  May 7, 1998
Pest Alert - Fire Blight and Apple Scab, May 4, 1998
"IPM News" May 1, 1998 issue
Pest Alert -- Apple Scab, April 20, 1998
"IPM News" April 13, 1998 issue
Time to Order the 1998-1999 New England Apple Pest Management Guide -- for each copy that you wish to receive, please send a check for $15.00 payable to THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT and mail it to:  Nancy Burgess, UVM, Dept. of Plant and Soil Science, Hills Building, Burlington, VT 05405.  Thank you.
Pest Alert -- Apple Scab, April 7, 1998
Biological Control -- links to leafminer parasitoid and aphid predator fact sheets
New ! The 1998 "March Message" which contains valuable information on scouting and thresholds (Source Link:  UMass Tree Fruit Program website)
"IPM News" in the Vermont Apple Newsletter, March 1, 1998
Encouraging Biological Control in Vermont: The T.pyri Project
Report on the "Whole Farm" Apple Scab IPM Project

 

Please Note:  Always read the label before using any pesticide. The label is the legal document for the product use. Disregard any information if it is in conflict with the label.


Please send comments and suggestions tolorraine.berkett@uvm.edu

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