Fruit Pest News
Volume 5, No. 16 June 29, 2004
A weekly, online newsletter whose goal is to update Extension agents and growers of commercial tree fruit and small fruit crops
on diseases and insects in Tennessee.
Editor's Note: Fruit Pest News will be published every other week for the remainder of the 2004 growing season. The next issue will be July 13. Have a happy 4th!
The focus of this issue of Fruit Pest News is a subject index for all issues to date for this year. This index will allow you to review a topic, and there should be new readers (hopefully) who might wish to read certain topics that they missed. The opening page of the Fruit Pest News web site contains a list of all of the issues. You can connect to the issue of interest there.
We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your readership. Please help us spread the word to other interested readers. This newsletter is for you, so please let us know how we can improve it to serve you better. Suggestions for topics to address are very welcome. The greatest need I see is for more scouting reports from across the state. We're grateful for the insect trap counts that some of you have been sending us. We would like to hear when you see a disease or insect for the first time for the year, or if you are experiencing a severe outbreak. The weekly format of this newsletter is designed for reporting such time-sensitive news. Try to phone or e-mail us your news. Of course, all reports are kept anonymous (unless you want us to use your name!). (SB)
Fruit Pest News Index, 3/10/04 through 6/29/04
|
Crop |
Subject |
Issue Date |
|
Apple |
Alternaria leaf blotch, description and control |
6/15 |
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Alternaria leaf blotch, first report of year |
6/15 |
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bitter rot, first report of year |
5/25 |
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cedar-apple rust, infection period |
4/27 |
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cedar-apple rust, description |
4/20 |
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cicadas, periodical |
5/4 |
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codling moth, identifying |
3/23 |
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copper spray, time for |
3/23 |
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disease control during bloom through petal fall |
4/13 |
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dogwood borer |
5/27 |
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diseases, summer, control program |
5/18, 6/8 |
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dormant oil spray |
3/10 |
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fire blight, tips for control during bloom |
3/30 |
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fire blight, first report of year |
4/27 |
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fire blight, infection period results |
4/27 |
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fire blight, MaryBlyt, description and update |
3/23, 4/6, 4/13 |
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fire blight, secondary blooms, importance of |
5/4 |
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fire blight, summertime control strategies |
5/18, 6/1 |
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fire blight, trauma blight |
5/11 |
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fungicide spray program, early-season |
3/30 |
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Glomerella leaf blotch, description and control |
6/15 |
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insecticide sprays needed |
4/20 |
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insects, how to use pheromone traps and how to monitor |
3/24, 4/13 |
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|
insects, pheromone traps, count updates |
3/10, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/15, 6/22 |
|
|
necrotic leaf blotch of Golden Delicious, description and control |
6/8, 6/15 |
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phytotoxicity reminder for Quadris/Abound |
5/11 |
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powdery mildew, control |
4/20, 6/8 |
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plant bugs, description |
6/8 |
|
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redbanded leafroller moth activity |
6/22 |
|
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rust diseases |
4/20 |
|
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scab, infection periods |
4/27 |
|
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sooty blotch/flyspeck, first appearance & control |
6/15 |
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sooty blotch/flyspeck, accumulated wetting hours |
5/18 |
|
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spring cankerworm activity |
4/6 |
|
Blackberry and Raspberry |
double blossom - see "rosette" |
|
|
|
certified plants, source |
3/30 |
|
|
eastern raspberry fruitworm, first report |
6/8 |
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lesion nematode, first report for year |
6/15 |
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orange rust, description and control |
5/11 |
|
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rosette, description and control |
4/13, 6/8 |
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|
production without Benlate |
3/10, 5/5 |
|
|
Septoria leaf spot of raspberry, description & control |
6/22 |
|
|
spray program, fungicides, for blackberry |
5/4 |
|
Blueberry |
cranberry fruitworm, description |
6/22 |
|
|
twig blight, description and control |
4/6 |
|
Cherry |
leaf spot, description and control |
6/22 |
|
Cucurbit Crops |
powdery mildew, change in control recommendations |
5/25 |
|
|
spray program for disease control |
6/22 |
|
Grape |
black rot, infection periods |
4/27 |
|
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black rot, spray program strategies |
5/18 |
|
|
berry moth |
4/13 |
|
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Botrytis bunch rot, time for spray |
5/11 |
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fungicide spray program, early-season |
4/6, 4/20 |
|
|
Japanese beetles, description and control |
6/1 |
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|
phylloxera, description and control |
6/1 |
|
Peach and other stone fruits |
bacterial spot, description and control |
5/11 |
|
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brown rot, description and control |
6/15 |
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brown rot, first report of year |
5/25 |
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disease control |
4/20 |
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|
green fruit rot, description and control |
5/11 |
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insects, pheromone traps, count updates |
See apple |
|
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insecticide sprays needed |
4/20. 5/25 |
|
|
Oriental fruit moth |
6/22 |
|
|
scab, description and control |
5/11, 6/1 |
|
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scab, first report of year |
6/8 |
|
Strawberry |
anthracnose, first appearance and control |
4/13 |
|
|
anthracnose, crown, matted row, report |
6/15 |
|
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Botrytis - see "gray mold" |
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|
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disease control after harvest, matted row |
6/1 |
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disease update |
4/6 |
|
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gray mold, leaf sanitation for control |
3/10 |
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leaf scorch, first report of year |
5/25 |
|
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Phytophthora crown rot, scouting and control |
3/30 |
|
Tomato |
diseases on transplants at retail outlets |
6/15 |
|
|
Pythium stem rot, description and control |
5/25 |
|
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spotted wilt virus, description and control |
6/8 |
|
Miscellaneous |
current conditions and crop development stages |
3/10, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18 |
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|
fungicides, small-batch preparation |
5/11 |
|
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fungicides, effect of rain on wash-off |
6/1 |
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methyl bromide, use extension |
4/6 |
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pesticide exposure on farms, study results |
6/15 |
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spray guides (commercial), how to obtain |
3/23, 5/18 |
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|
vegetable pest sightings |
6/15 |
The Fruit Pest News URL is: http://web.utk.edu/~extepp/fpn/fpn.htm
Contacts:
Steve Bost, Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist
Frank Hale, Professor and Extension Entomologist
Both authors available at:
615-832-6802
fax 615-781-2568
Plant and Pest Diagnostic Center
5201 Marchant Drive
Nashville, TN 37211