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The UVM Apple Team

Dr. Lorraine Berkett, Dr. Elena Garcia, 

Terence Bradshaw,  and Jessica Reardon

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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


2001 Degree Day Accumulation for Arthropod Pests

2001  Estimated Degree-Day Accumulation (Base 50F, from Jan. 1) for Selected Sites

Date

UVM Hort.Res.Center South Burlington Chittenden Co. Elev. 71 M

    Shoreham  Addison Co.  Elev. 107 M

South Hero Grand Isle Co. Elev. 54M

East Dorset Bennington Co. Elev. 408 M

Dummerston Windham Co. Elev. 171 M

Franklin  Franklin Co. Elev. 137 M

04/14

0

2

0

1

9 0

04/22

0

8

5 6 20 5

04/26

39

49

38 44 68 33

04/29

46

57

46 50 77 40

05/05

125

137

126 121 162 114

05/06

129

141

129 124 166 117

05/12

196

206

197 180 233 182

05/19

233

242

234 205 267 216

05/23

275

282

277 235 300 258

05/27

319

320

324 258 329 304

06/02

351

353

354 283 364 331

06/09

420

421

424 336 434 397

06/16

562

556

565 454 568 538

06/23

694

684

698 568 702 665

06/30

831

819

836 695 847 801
07/07 927 913 929 774 944 890
07/14 1040 1025 1040 869 1057 996
07/21 1160 1145 1164 967 1173 1115
07/28 1300 1282 1306 1088 1314 1248
08/04 1450 1431 1457 1213 1453 1394
08/11 1637 1616 1643 1383 1642 1570
08/18 1774 1750 1783 1505 1781 1704
08/25 1902 1877 1911 1615 1914 1824
09/02 2011 1987 2021 1719 2041 1926
09/09 2118 2089 2130 1803 2142 2031
09/15 2183 2152 2194 1836 2209 2092

Degree Day and other weather information received from Skybit E-Weather Service: http://www.skybit.com/

1999 Guide to Arthropod Pest Events Based on Degree-Day Accumulations1

Estimated DD Base 50 F for Event

Green fruitworm 1st catch 9-101
Pear psylla adults active 0-49
Pear psylla 1st oviposition 1-72

STLM - 1st adult catch

38-116

TPB - 1st observed

43-171

ERM - egg hatch observed

100-168

STLM - 1st gen. adult peak flight

108-216

CM - 1st adult catch

182-322

STLM -1st sap-feeding mines observed

187-323

PC - 1st oviposition scars observed

249-323

OBLR - 1st adult catch, 1st summer brood

484-612

STLM - 2nd gen. 1st adult catch

558-750

OBLR - peak catch

584-850

AMF - 1st capture

741-993

STLM - 2nd gen. peak catch

876-1240

OBLR - 1st catch, 2nd summer brood

1568-1866

STLM - 3rd gen. peak catch

1822-2152

1 Source of Estimated DD (Base 50F) for arthropod pest events:

1999 Pest Management Recommendations for Commercial Tree-Fruit Production, Cornell Coop.Ext. Pub., Table 15., Degree-Day Accumulations are from January 1


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