Fruit Pest News

Volume 4, No. 16    July 7, 2003

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 2003 growing season.


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, 3/10/03 through 6/27/03

Crop

Subject

Issue Date

Apple

Alternaria leaf blotch, description and control

6/17

 

Apogee growth regulator, changes to label

4/28

 

disease control during bloom through petal fall

4/14

 

disease control, "soft" products

4/28

 

dogwood borer

5/27

 

diseases, summer, control program

5/19, 6/9

 

dormant oil spray

3/10

 

fire blight, tips for control during bloom

3/31

 

fire blight, first report of year

4/29

 

fire blight, MaryBlyt, description and update

3/24, 4/7

 

fire blight, secondary blooms, importance of

5/5

 

fire blight, summertime control strategies

5/19, 6/3

 

fire blight, trauma blight

5/12, 6/3

 

fungicide spray program, early-season

3/31

 

Glomerella leaf blotch, description and control

6/17

 

insects, how to use pheromone traps and how to monitor

3/24

 

insects, pheromone traps, count updates

4/7, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/19, 5/27, 6/3, 6/17, 6/24

 

necrotic leaf blotch of Golden Delicious, description and control

6/9, 6/17

 

phytotoxicity reminder for Quadris/Abound

5/12

 

powdery mildew, control

6/9

 

plant bugs, description

6/10

 

redbanded leafroller moth activity

3/24, 6/3

 

scab, infection periods

5/27

 

scab, threat is real

6/3

 

sooty blotch/flyspeck, first appearance & control

6/17

 

sooty blotch/flyspeck, infection periods

5/27

 

sterol inhibitors, don't use low rates

5/19

 Blackberry and Raspberry

double blossom - see "rosette"

 

 

anthracnose, description and control

5/5

 

captan, new registration

4/21

 

orange rust, description and control

5/5

 

rosette, description and control

4/7, 6/9

 

production without Benlate

3/10, 5/5

 

Septoria leaf spot of raspberry, description & control

6/24

 

Switch, new registration

4/28

Blueberry

Cabrio, new registration

3/10

 

Switch, new registration

4/28

 

twig blight, description and control

4/7

Cherry

leaf spot, description and control

6/24

Grape

black rot, infection periods

5/27

 

black rot, spray program strategies

5/19

 

berry moth

5/19

 

Botrytis bunch rot, infection periods

5/27

 

Botrytis bunch rot, time for spray

5/12

 

downy mildew, infection periods

5/27

 

fungicide spray program, early-season

4/7, 4/21

 

Intrepid insecticide, new registration

5/5

 

powdery mildew, infection periods

5/27

Peach and other stone fruits

bacterial spot, description and control

5/12

 

brown rot, description and control

6/17

 

Flint, new registration

4/21

 

green fruit rot, description and control

5/12

 

insects, pheromone traps, count updates

4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/19, 6/3, 6/17, 6/24

 

Mycoshield shortage

3/31, 4/14

 

Oriental fruit moth

4/21, 5/19, 6/24

 

plum curculio

4/14

 

scab, description and control

5/12, 5/27

 

split pits

6/24

Strawberry

anthracnose, scouting and control

4/21

 

Botrytis - see "gray mold"

 

 

Cabrio, new registration

3/10

 

disease control after harvest, matted row

6/3

 

disease update

5/5

 

fungicides, designing a spray program

3/24

 

gray mold, leaf sanitation for control

3/10, 3/24

 

Phytophthora crown rot, scouting and control

3/31, 4/14

 

Procure, new registration

3/10

 

Rhizoctonia root rot, description and control

5/12

Miscellaneous

Captan label changes

4/21

 

cucurbit crops: spray program for disease control

6/24

 

current conditions and crop development stages

3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 6/3

 

diagnostic assistance: how to obtain in Tennessee

3/31

 

fungicides, small-batch preparation

5/12

 

fungicides, effect of rain on wash-off

6/3

 

methyl bromide exemptions

3/10, 6/24

 

Sandea herbicide registered for some vegetable crops

4/28

 

spray guides (commercial), how to obtain

3/24


The Fruit Pest News URL is: http://web.utk.edu/~extepp/fpn/fpn.htm

Contacts:

 

Steve Bost, Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist

scbost@utk.edu

 

Frank Hale, Associate Professor and Extension Entomologist

fahale@ext1.ag.utk.edu

 

Both authors available at:

615-832-6802

fax 615-781-2568

Plant and Pest Diagnostic Center

5201 Marchant Drive

Nashville, TN 37211