Crop

Subject

Issue Date

Apple

Alternaria leaf blotch, description and control

6/18

blister spot, early-season control

3/26

disease alert

5/29

diseases, early-season

3/26, 4/2

diseases, summer, control program

6/11

dogwood borer, description and control

5/29

fire blight, alert

4/9

fire blight, early-season control

3/26

fire blight, first report of year

4/23

fire blight, MaryBlyt, description and update

3/13, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21

fire blight, shoot blight and canker blight, description and control

5/7

fire blight, shoot blight, first report of year

5/21

fire blight, secondary blooms, importance of

5/7

fire blight, summertime control strategies

6/11

fire blight, trauma blight

6/4

fungicide spray program, bloom and petal fall

4/16

Glomerella leaf blotch, description and control

6/18

insects, degree-days, calculating

4/30

insects, new control recommendations

4/2

insects, pheromone traps, how to use

3/13, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7

insects, pheromone traps, count updates

4/2, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/29, 6/11, 6/26

mites, European red and twospotted

6/26

necrotic leaf blotch of Golden Delicious, description and control

6/4, 6/18

obliquebanded leafroller, description

5/29

plant bugs, description

6/11

potato leafhopper, description and control

6/26

redbanded leafroller, description

5/29

redbanded leafroller moth activity

3/26

scab, early-season control

3/26

scab, secondary, control

5/29, 6/11

sooty blotch, first appearance

6/18

Southern Appalachian IPM Project

3/19

white apple leafhopper, description and control

6/26

Blackberry and Raspberry

anthracnose, description and control

6/25

Botrytis (gray mold), description and control

6/25

double blossom - see "rosette"

orange rust, description and control

4/30

rosette, description and control

4/16, 6/18

Switch fungicide, registration status

3/19

Septoria leaf spot of raspberry, description and control

6/25

Blueberry

twig blight, description and control

5/14

Grape

black rot, fungicides for

4/9, 5/29

black rot, spray program strategies

5/21

Botrytis bunch rot, time for spray

5/21

downy mildew, description and control

6/25

fungicide spray program, early-season

4/9

Phomopsis cane and leaf spot, fungicides for

4/9, 5/29

powdery mildew, fungicides for

4/9, 5/29

Peach and other stone fruits

bacterial spot, description and control

5/14

brown rot, description and control

6/18

green fruit rot, description and control

5/14

insects, pheromone traps, how to use

3/13, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7

insects, degree-days, calculating

4/30

plant bugs, description

6/11

plum pox, survey plans and budwood testing program

5/7

scab, description and control

5/14, 5/29

Strawberry

anthracnose, scouting and control

3/19, 4/9

anthracnose, reports

4/30, 5/21

Botrytis - see "gray mold"

diseases, first reports of year

4/30

disease control after harvest, matted row

6/4

fungicides, current status and spray strategy

3/13, 3/26

gray mold, sanitation and cultural practices for control

3/13

leaf spot, common, fungicides for

5/29

Phytophthora diseases, control

3/26

Phytophthora crown rot, scouting and control

3/19, 6/4

Quadris, Section 18 label approved

3/26

Switch fungicide, registration status

3/19

Miscellaneous

assistance with pest identification, Distance Diagnostics

6/18

current conditions and crop development stages

3/13, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/30, 5/7, 5/21, 5/29

Benomyl (Benlate) fungicide to be discontinued

4/23

Benomyl, effects of loss on fruit production

5/14

disease alert, cool weather

5/29

crown gall, new control

4/30

freeze, crop damage from

5/21

Fruit Pest News, description

3/13

methyl bromide, status and replacement options

3/26

small fruit, changes in disease-control recommendations for 2001

4/2

spray guide (backyard), revisions and how to obtain

3/19

spray guides (commercial), how to obtain

3/19