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2008
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| Issue |
Contents |
| October
2008 |
Innovative
CIG Orchards
Young
Grower Tour
Small
Fruit
Announcements
Visit: http://frec.cas.psu.edu/
for trap counts and degree days
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| September
2008 |
Eastern
Table Grapes
Young
Grower Alliance
Pest
Updates - Preharvest
Intervals, Cherry Leaf Spot
NRC's
Sign-Up
Visit:
http://frec.cas.psu.edu/
for trap counts and degree days
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| August
2008 |
Water
Use
Pest
Updates
Young
Grower Alliance
Honeycrisp/
M. 26
Woolly
Apple Aphids
Visit:
http://frec.cas.psu.edu/
for trap counts and degree days
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| July
2008 |
Apple
Maggot
Herbicide Updates
Young
Grower Tour: Butler Orchard, Wakefield Farmers Market
Websites
on Cherries
Visit:
http://frec.cas.psu.edu/
for trap counts and degree days
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| June
2008 |
New
Selective Pest Management Tools
Entomology Updates: CM, TABM, OBLR, SJS, PP
Helpful
Spreadsheets: Sprayer Calibration, Spray Records
Twilight
Meeting Details: http://frec.cas.psu.edu/
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| May
2008 |
Entomology:
Avoid Spraying During Bloom
Plant
Pathology: Apple Scab, Brown Rot, Rust, Mildew
Twilight
Meeting Details: http://frec.cas.psu.edu/
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| April
2008 |
New
Insights on Apogee
Horticulture:
Pruning Brambles, Mid-Atlantic Berry Guide
Entomology:
Pear Psylla, Rosay Apple Aphid and San Jose Control
2008
Orchard Twilight Meetings and Other Events
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| March
2008 |
ABC's
of Mating Disruption
Horticulture:
New Formulation of NAA, New Herbicide --Matrix
Announcements: Workshops, New Production Guide Now Available |
| January
2008 |
Influence
of Rootstock on Apple Size
Announcements:
Workshops, EQIP Training, Spanish Resources, Tractor Safety
Training
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2007
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| Issue |
Contents |
| December
2007 |
Business
Plan Training
Announcements:
Workshops, Disaster Assistance
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| November
2007 |
Intensive
Orchard Workshops
Pest
Management:
Pesticide Updates
Horticulture:
New Tools for Small Fruit
Announcements:
Good News on Plum Pox, Workshops
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| October
2007 |
Managed
Varieties
Pest
Management:
Trap Counts and Degree Days
Horticulture:
New Tools for Small Fruit
Announcements:
NRCS Sign-Up; Young Grower Tour
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| September
2007 |
Pear
Fruit Set
Pest
Management:
Pre-Harvest Intervals, Nematode Sampling
Horticulture:
Weed Inventory
Announcements:
Variety Showcase
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| August
2007 |
Summer
Fruit Diseases
Entomology:
Internal Fruit Feeders, Western Flower Thrips
Horticulture:
Leaf Analysis
Announcements:
GAP's Website
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| July
2007 |
High
Tunnels
Entomology:
Fruit Pests in July, Japanese Beetles
Plant
Pathology:
Fire Blight Outbreak
Announcements:
New Resources
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| June
2007 |
Tree
Fruit Decision Making
Entomology:
Insect Pest Control Update
Plant
Pathology:
Fire Blight, Apple Scab, Powdery Mildew
Announcements:
Spray Record Spreadsheet
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| May
2007 |
Alternate
Bearing
Entomology:
Protecting Bees, Insect Pest Control Update
Announcements:
GAP, Ag Innovations On-Line
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| April
2007 |
Granulovirus
Horticulture:
Peach Bud Injury, New Thinner for Pears, Small Fruit
Entomology:
Pear Psylla, Rosy Apple Aphid, San Jose Scale
Announcements:
April/May Twilight Meetings
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| March
2007 |
Sex
Pheromone Traps
Horticulture:
Strawberry Plasticulture, Small Fruit in High Tunnels
Announcements:
Training Videos, YGA Tour
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| January
2007 |
Replanting
Peach Orchards
Horticulture: Spring Time in January, Should You Prune
at 60F
Announcements: Educational Meetings, Internal Fruit
Feeder Workshop, Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
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2006
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| Issue |
Contents |
| November
2006 |
Crop
Insurance
Horticulture:
Strawberries and Powdery Mildew, Strawberries and Slugs
Announcements:
AMA Sign-Up, Cider-Making Workshop, Planning for Automation
Workshop and Pruning Demonstration, Young Grower Tour
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| October
2006 |
Why
Apples Bruise
Entomology:
Trap Counts, EPA Update
Announcements:
AMA Sign-Up, Cider-Making Workshop, Spreadsheet Programs on
the Web
Planning
for Automation
Workshop
& Pruning Demonstration |
| September
2006 |
Apple
Preharvest Drop Control
Entomology:
CM and OFM Update, Preharvest Intervals
Horticulture: Irrigation, Perennial Weeds, Potassium
Levels
Computer Programs
GPS Mapping |
| August
2006 |
Fungicide
Resistance
Entomology:
Insect Watch, CM and OFM, TABM and OBLR, Western Flower Thrips
Horticulture:
New Strawberry Insect
Upcoming
Events: Spotlight on Innovative Platforms, Vineyard Tour
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| July
2006 |
Summer
Diseases
Entomology: Fruit Pests in July, Trap Counts, Insect
Bytes, Guthion and Imidan
Plant Pathology: Bacterial Spot |
| June
2006 |
NRCS-AMA
Entomology: Fruit Pests in June
Tree Training
Plant Pathology: Fruit Disease Update
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| May
2006 |
Why Do
You Thin Fruit?
Entomology: Pest Updates and New Tools
Plant
Pathology: Disease Infextions and Controls
Ag
Innovations, Twilight Meetings, Organic Transitioning
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| April
2006 |
Seasonal
Management of Internal Worms
Entomology: Pear Psylla, Rosy Apple Aphid, San Jose
Scale
Horticulture/Small
Fruit: Early Season Weed Control, Mummy Berry
Educational
Opportunities and Upcoming Meetings - Franklin County and
Adams County Twilight Meetings, Field Day on Organic Fruit
Production and Certification
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| March
2006 |
Insect
Monitoring Can Save You Money
New
Nematode Assay Forms and Price
Small
Fruit - Ohio Berry Guide
Educational
Opportunities and Upcoming Meetings - Franklin County and
Adams County Twilight Meetings
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| January
2006 |
Important
Steps to Replant Success
Horticulture: Spring Tonic for Apple Trees Following Cold
Injury
Conferences and Educational Opportunities
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2005
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| Issue |
Contents |
| December
2005 |
In-Depth
Fruit Schools: Special
Guests - David Ferree and Steve Hoying, Special
Guest - Darek Swietlik
Small
Fruit: New Pesticide Options
Conferences
and Educational Opportunities |
| November
2005 |
Horticulture:
Herbicides
- Fall Application, Weed Monitoring
Postharvest Physiology: Articles on the Web
Registration Form: Intensive Fruit Production Workshop
Fruit Headlines
Education Opportunities: Tours and Workshops, Cider Safety
Course, Farm Summit |
| October
2005 |
Wildlife:
Vole Monitoring,
Deer Management
Entomology:
CM and OFM Update,
Pre-Harvest Intervals
Horticulture:
Fall Herbicides
Educational Opportunity
for Young Growers
Small Fruit: Berry
Conference, Blueberry Website |
| September
2005 |
Horticulture:
Postharvest
Pointers, Honeycrisp Storage, Blackberry Rust
Entomology:
CM and OFM Update, Pre-Harvest Intervals,
Degree Days, Trap Counts
Status of Guthion |
| August
2005 |
Entomology:
Apple
Insect Pests, OFM, CM, TABM, OBLR, Thrips
Tree Fruit Resourses: Apple Harvest Training Video,
Grape Production Guide
Small Fruit
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| July
2005 |
Entomology:
OFM, Borers, Leafhoppers, WAA, JP,
STLM
Plant
Pathology: Apple Scab, Powdery Mildew, Cherry Leaf Spot,
Fruit Rots, Sooty Blotch and Fly Speck, Brown Rot
Horticulture:
Leaf Analysis
Educational Opportunities
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| June
2005 |
Entomology:
Codling Moth and Oriental Fruit
Moth, Trap Counts and Egg Hatch Models
Plant
Pathology: Apple Scab, Fire Blight
Horticulture: Storage Workshop, Chemical Thinning Reminders
Educational Opportunities
Ag Innovation Event
Record-Keeping Software
Upcoming Events
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| May
2005 |
Entomology:
Petal
Fall on Apples, OFM, ERM, PC, OBLR, STLM, CM, Sawfly, Psylla
Plant Pathology: Apple Scab, Fire Blight, Cherry Leaf
Spot
Horticulture: PGR and Herbicide Updates
Small Fruit: New Products, New Frost Alert System
Crop Disaster Program
Educational Opportunities
Young Grower Alliance
Upcoming
Events |
| April
2005 |
Entomology:
Pear Psylla, Rosy Apple Aphid, San Jose Scale, Pheromone Traps,
Pesticide Updates, First Generation Oriental Fruit Moth
Horticulture: Weed Control
Upcoming Events |
| March
2005 |
Fruit
Industry Updates
Educational Opportunities
TAP for Orchardists
Schedule for Fruit Times
Mid-Atlantic Berry Guide
Upcoming Events
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| February
2005 |
Horticulture:
Mild Temperatures and Winter Injury, Strawberry Cultivar
Evaluations, New Blueberry Pocket Guide
Other
Winter Educational Meetings
Spanish Web Site
New Schedule for Fruit Times Starting 2005
Comments Requested on 2,4-D
Updates for Cider and Juice Processors
Pruning Principles
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2004
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| Issue |
Contents |
| September
2004 |
Entomology
: Pheromone Trap Counts, Degree-Day Table, Egg Hatch Model
for Some Fruit Pests, Insect Pest Control Highlights for the
Weeks of Sept 7 - Sept 21, Pre-Harvest Intervals (PHI) for
Commonly Used Insecticides, Fall Borer Control Considerations
Horticulture: NAA for Control of Pre-Harvest Drop,
PA Berry Producer Statistics from the Census of Agriculture,
That's a Berry Good Question!!!
PA Apple Marketing Board: Summary of Activities
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| June
2004 |
Entomology:
Pheromone Trap Counts, Degree-Day Table, Egg Hatch Model
for Some Fruit Pests, Tufted Apple Bud Moth/Obliquebanded Leafroller
Update, Control of San Jose Scale, Pear Psylla Control, Green
Aphids Update, Spotted Tentiform Leafminer, Apple Maggot
Trap Placement, Check Burr Knots for Dogwood Borer, Fruit Section
of 1-800-PennIPM Available Again for The Growers
Plant Pathology: Apple Disease Update, Peach Disease
Update, Cherry Disease Update
Horticulture: Strawberry Fruit Anthracnose in 2004, Rooting
Strawberry "Tips" to Create Plugs for Raised-Bed Plasticulture
Production, Pips from New Zealand - Harvest Labor Problems,
Winter Injury in Young Montmorency Cherries, Using GA in Young
Cherries |
| April
2004 |
From
the Local Office: Spring Twilight Meeting, Check Black
Raspberries for Winter Damage,
New Tree Fruit Production Guide Available
Entomology: Pheromone Trap Counts, Degree-Day Table,
Pear Psylla Update, Rosy Apple Aphid, San Jose Scale Control,
Pheromone Traps Inventory, Pesticide Update
Plant Pathology: Apple Scab, Brown Rot, The Key to
Early Spring Disease Control
Horticulture: MaxCel, A New 6BA Thinner for Apple,
Pips from New Zealand - Harvest, That's a Berry Good Question!!!,
Nitrogen Fertilization of Established Blueberry Plantings,
Research Update - High Tunnel Brambles, PA Strawberry Production
Statistics for 2003
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| February
2004 |
From
the Local Office: Winter Grower Meeting February 18, New
Tree Fruit Production Guide Available
Pesticide Education: Check Your Pesticide Recertification
Credit Status ON-LINE!
Entomology: Pesticide Update: Calypso 4F Registration
Plant Pathology: Plum Pox Update (August 2003)
Horticulture: That's A Berry Good Question!!!
Food Science: Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
Workshop for Apple Cider and Juice,
Guidelines for Producing Unpasteurized Cider in Pennsylvania
PA Apple Marketing: "What Exactly Do You Do?" |
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2003
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| Issue |
Contents |
| July
2003 |
From
the Local Office: A Long Newsletter this Month
Entomology: Pheromone Trap Counts, Degree-Day Table,
Percent Egg Hatch, Leafroller Complex Update, Oriental Fruit
Moth/Codling Moth Concern, Apple Maggot Update, Fruit Section
of 1-800-PENN-IPM Available for the Growers, Mite Control
Update, EPA Cites Five Colorado Growers for Failing to Comply
with Agricultural Worker Protection Regulations, Provado 1.6F
Section 18 Registration for the 2003 Season, Pesticide Update:
Warrior Insecticide with Zeon Technology, IPM Reimbursement
Part of EQIP Incentive Program
Plant Pathology: Apple Scab & Fungicide Resistance,
Rain and Fungicides
Horticulture: Orchard Fertility Check-Up Program (OFCP),
Switch Label for Berry Crops, That's a Berry Good Question,
Pesticide Groups for Berries - Part III, New Developments
in Small Fruit Fungicides, PA Strawberry Production Statistics,
PSU Small Fruit WWWSite On-Line, Straw Removal Tidbit
Special Events: Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
Workshop for Apple Cider and Juice
PA Apple Marketing: Marketing Mainline, Processed Apple
Production, Marketing Mainline II
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| February
2003 |
From
the Local Office: Last Chance - Newsletter Update Forms
Due!, Corking Workshp in March, Information Being Collected
for County Farm Markets/Roadside Stands
Entomology: Winter Workshop on New Approaches to Control
Internal Fruit Feeders
Horticulture: Apple Cultivar Parentage, Pesticide Groups
for Berries - Part II, Pruning Brambles and Blueberries, Sinbar
for First-Year Strawberry Plantings |
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January
2003
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From
the Local Office: Winter Meeting at York Extension Office,
Newsletter Updates Mailed
Entomology: Winter Workshop on New Approaches to Control
Internal Fruit Feeders, Request for Insect Trapping Data from
2002 Season, Diazinon IRED Comment Period is Extended
Horticulture: Pesticide Groups for Berries - Part I,
That's a Berry Good Question!!!
PA Apple Marketing Board: Announcement, New for Growers,
New Venue
Ag Economics: Pennsylvania Fruit Situation |
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2002
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| Issue |
Contents |
| December
2002 |
From
the Local Office: Lancaster County Extension Annual Meeting,
Managing a Hispanic Workforce Conference, Value-Added Processing
Grant Workshop
Horticulture: 2003 Mid-Atlantic Winter Brambles Conference,
Cabrio for Berry Crops
Entomology: Degree-Day Table, Request for Insect Trapping
Data from the 2002 Season, Endosulfan Reregistration Eligibility
Decision Issued for Comment, Diazinon Decision Addresses Ecological
and Worker Risks
PA Apple Marketing Board: A Big Thank You!, PAMB Explores
Foodservice Potential |
| October
2002 |
From
the Local Office: Responding to the West Nile Virus
Horticulture: Micro-Irrigation Short Course
Entomology: Pheromone Trap Counts, Degree-Day Table,
Percent Egg Hatch
Postharvest Physiology: Maturity Report
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| September
2002 |
Horticulture:
Fruit with No Seeds, Frost Crevices, Anthracnose on Strawberries,
Strawberry Anthracnose, Micro-Irrigation Short Course
Entomology: Pheromone Trap Counts, Degree-Day Table,
Percent Egg Hatch, Fall Borer Control Considerations, Wooly
Apple Aphid Control
Food Safety: Food Safety Workshop Follow-Up
PA Apple Marketing Board: Popular Contest Gets Patriotic
Flair with Apples Across America, Be on the Lookout! |
| August
2002 |
Entomology:
Pheromone Trap Counts, Degree Day Table, Percent Egg Hatch,
Pesticide Update, Pre-Harvest Intervals (PHI) for Common Insecticides,
Codling Moth Update, Western Flower Thrips Present in Orchards
Horticulture: Average Days from Bloom to Harvest for
1995 NE-183 Planting, A New Delivery Method for the Production
Guide?, Elevate for Gray Mold Control in Caneberries and Bushberries,
Section 18 Approved for Use of Spartan 4F on Strawberries in
PA, Keeping an Eye on Small Fruit Plantings
Plum Pox Viruse Update
PA Apple Marketing Board 2002/2003 Board Election Results
Apple Union Necrosis and Decline Surveys |
| July
2002 |
From
the Local Office: Food Safety and Sanitation Workshop for
Fruit Packers, Fruit Grower Field Day, Retail Farm Market Tour,
Guide to Handling Fruit from Off-Farm Sources
Horticulture: How Heavy a Crop Load Can Apple Trees Carry?,
Foliar Analysis Time, Flower Initiation is Beginning, Small
Fruit Research Projects at Penn State
Entomology: Pheromone Trap Counts, Degree-Day Table,
Percent Egg Hatch, Green Aphids, Oriental Fruit Moth Updates,
Summer Borer Applications, Mite Control Update, The Leafhopper
Situation, Apple Maggot Trap Placement, Fruit Section of 1-800
PENN-IPM Available for the Fruit Growers
Fire Blight
PA Apple Marketing Board |
| May
2002 |
From
the Local Office: Check for Scales, Apple Grower Assistance
Program, Strawberry Twilight Meeting
Entomology: Pheromone Trap Counts, Degree-Day Table,
Percent Egg Hatch for Some Pests Based on Developmental Models,
Oriental Fruit Moth Update, Codling Moth and Tufted Apple Bud
Moth Biofixes Established, Pesticide Update - Assail Registration,
The PA 2002-2003 Tree Fruit Production Guide Available On-Line
Plant Pathology: Fire Blight, Apple Scab, Effect of Rain
on Fungicide Wash-Off, Powdery Mildew of Apple, Powdery Mildew
and Rusty Spot of Peach and Nectarine, Bacterial Spot of Peach
and Nectarine
Horticulture: Will It Stay or Will It Drop?, Apple Rootstock
News, Section 18 for Topsin-M WSB on Blueberries, Thrips Observed
on Strawberries in Southeastern PA, Using Early-Season Nutrient
Analysis for Plasticulture Strawberries
PA Apple Marketing Board: Letter to Growers from PAMB
Chair Dave Benner, Wal-Mart and the Pennsylvania Apple Marketing
Board Team-Up for Children |
| April
2002 |
From
the Local Office: Spring Twilight Meeting
Entomology: Pheremone Trap Counts, Degree-Day Table,
Percent Egg Hatch for Some Pests Based on Developmental Models,
Provado 1.6F Section 18 Registration for the 2002 Season, Orental
Fruit Moth Update, Green Peach Aphid on Peaches, Pear Psylla
Oviposition Continues, Control of Dogwood Borer During Spring
Plant Pathology: The Effect of the Dry Summer and Winter
on Over-wintering Apple Scab, Brown Rot and Cold Damaged Stone
Fruit Flowers, Infection Periods
Horticulture: Pruning and Training Systems in Person,
Commercial Berry Production Guide Update, Another Miticide for
Strawberries, Bramble Cold Hardiness Explained |
| March
2002 |
From
the Local Office: New Mount Joy Farmers Market, Information
Being Collected for County Farm Markets/Roadside Stands
Entomology: Early Season Pear Psylla Control, Pre-bloom
European Red Mite Control Options, Pheremone Traps Inventory,
New Summer Acaricide Acramite Registered
Other: Compliance Inspections for Worker Protection Standard |
| February
2002 |
From
the Local Office: 2002-2003 Tree Fruit Production Guide
Available
Entomology: U.S. Apple Association comments submitted
to EPA
Horticulture: New Pesticides for Small Fruit |
| January
2002 |
From
the Local Office:Winter Meeting at New Location
Entomology: Availability of Azinphos-methyl and Phosmet
Interim Risk Management Decision Documents
Food Science: First Juice HACCP Deadline on January
22, 2002
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