Fruit ICM News

Volume 6, No. 44
December 26, 2002

In This Issue:

Calendar
No ICM Newsletter Next Week
Tree Fruit Web Sites
Fruit Pesticide Additions and Label Changes for 2002

Calendar

January 3, 2003: Go Bucks!!!

Jan. 15-17, 2003: Ohio Fruit & Vegetable Growers Congress & Ohio Roadside Marketing Conference, Toledo SeaGate Convention Centre and Radisson Hotel. Contact Jennifer Hungerford at 614-249-2424

Jan. 27-29, 2003: Indiana Horticultural Congress; Adams Mark Hotel in Indianapolis.

Feb. 7-8, 2003: North American Bramble Growers' Association will meet in Leesburg Virginia. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn at the Historic Carradoc Hall. Contact Jason Murray, Commercial Horticulture Agent, for further information, at jamurray@vt.edu or 703-737-8978. You can view the program at http://www.ento.vt.edu/Fruitfiles/NABGAProgram03.pdf

February 9-11, 2003: Ohio Grape-Wine Short Course at Wyndham Dublin Hotel in Dublin. For registration information and other details call 800-227-6972 or go online to http://www.ohiowines.org/

Notice: No ICM News Next Week

The editor and his family will be inspecting the turfgrass at Sun Devil Stadium next week, so the Ohio Fruit ICM News will not be published until January 10. Go Bucks !!!

Tree Fruit Web Sites

In this issue, we are including addresses specific to apples and apricots. These are also available at http://newfarm.osu.edu. Click on "crops" and choose "tree fruit."

Apple

Apple Budget - OH: http://aede.osu.edu/People/Moore.301/fruit/index.htm

Apple Pest Management Guide - OR: http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/html/EM/EM8418/EM8418.html

Apple Crop Profile - OH: http://pestdata.ncsu.edu/cropprofiles/docs/ohapples.html

Apple Crop Profile - NY: http://pestdata.ncsu.edu/cropprofiles/docs/nyapples.html

Apple, Organic - OH via WV: http://www.caf.wvu.edu/Kearneysville/organic-apple.html

Apple, Organic - MI: http://www.caf.wvu.edu/Kearneysville/organic-apple.html

Apple, Organic - NJ: http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~farmmgmt/ne-budgets/organic/Fresh-Apple-8-20Yr.html

Apple, Organic - WA: http://organic.tfrec.wsu.edu/OrganicIFP/Home/InfoResources.html

Apple, Organic Production - CA: http://www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/outreach/crop/cost-studies/94NCApples.pdf

Apple, Organic Production - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/organic_apples_2001.pdf

Apples, Super Spindle (1742 trees/acre) - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/apples_1742_super_spindle_summer2001.pdf

Apple Establishment, Elstar Slender Spindle 808 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/elstar.pdf

Apple Establishment, Gala Slender Spindle 1210 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/99galest.pdf

Apple Establish., Jonagold Slender Spindle 808 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/jonaest.pdf

Apple Full Production, Elstar Slender Spindle 808- BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/elsful.pdf

Apple Full Production, Gala 1210 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/99galafp.pdf

Apple Full Prod., Jonagold Slender Spindle 808 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/jonaful.pdf

Apple Full Production, Slender Spindle 726 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/T16.PDF

Apple Full Production, Vertical Axe 670 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/T15.PDF

Apple, Red Delicious 202 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/202_red_del_apple_summer2001.pdf

Apple, Postharvest Cooling & Handling - NC: http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/postharv/ag-413-1/index.html

Apple Production - VA: http://www.ento.vt.edu/Fruitfiles/VirginiaAppleSite.html#list

Apricot

Apricot Cultivars - Ontario: http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/facts/02-035.htm

Apricot Establishment, Central Leader 150 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/99cotest.pdf

Apricot Full Production, Central Leaders 150 - BC: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/tree_fruits/99cotsfp.pdf

Fruit Pesticide Additions and Label Changes for 2002

Sources: Celeste Welty, Mike Ellis, Dick Funt, and Doug Doohan; OSU Extension Specialists, and http://www.cdms.net/manuf/manuf.asp

New Products:

Acramite 50WS (bifenazate), for spider mite control on apple, pear, plum, peach, grape, and strawberry; made by Uniroyal/Crompton.
Applaud® 70WP Insect Growth Regulator (buprofezin), registered January 2002 for use on grapes to control leafhopper nymphs, also immature whiteflies, mealybugs, and scales; made by Nichino America.
Assail (acetamiprid), a neonicotinoid from Aventis (now Bayer). Assail 70WP registered March 2002 for apple and pear to control aphids, leafminer, leafhoppers, codling moth, and psylla. Assail 70WSP registered May 2002 on grapes for leafhopper control.
Cabrio 20® EG (pyraclostrobin) fungicide on all brambles (blackberry and raspberry)for control of anthracnose, leaf spot and blotch, powdery mildew, rusts, and spur blight. It is also now labeled for use on blueberry and strawberry. It is registered for control of Alternaria leaf spot and fruit rot, powdery mildew, anthracnose fruit rot, Phomopsis leaf blight and twig blight, and suppression of mummy berry and Botrytis gray mold on blueberry. On strawberry, it is registered for control of anthracnose fruit rot, powdery mildew and leaf spot, and suppression of Botrytis gray mold
Deliver® Biological Insecticide, a new B.t. by Certis for use on apple, apricot, blueberry, caneberries, cherry, currants, grapes, nectarine, peach, pear, and plum. Insects listed on the label include blueberry leafrollers, cherry fruitworm, codling moth, cutworms, fruit tree leafroller, grape leafroller, green fruitworm, obliquebanded leafroller, Oriental Fruit moth, redbanded leafroller, tufted apple bud moth, and variegated leafroller.
Ecozin® 3% EC Biological Insecticide, a new neem, made by Arvac for use on apple, apricot, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, currants, elderberry, gooseberry, grape, huckleberry, loganberry, nectarine, peach, pear, plum, quince, raspberry, and strawberry. Pests listed on the label include various aphids, beetles, borers, bugs, caterpillars, flies, leafhoppers, mealy bugs, nematodes, psyllids, scales, thrips, weevils, and whiteflies.
Spartan 4F herbicide received an Ohio Section 18 label for 2002 to control common groundsel in strawberries.
Thionex® (Endosulfan) 3EC and 50W, labeled for use on apple, apricot, blueberry, cherry, grape, nectarine, pear, peach, plum, and strawberry. Pests controlled include various aphids and stink bugs, apple rust mite, tarnished plant bug, tentiform leafminer, white apple leafhopper, peachtree borer, lesser peachtree borer, stink bugs, green fruitworm, grape leafhopper, grape phyllorera (leaf form), rose chafer, pear psylla, pear rust mite, meadow spittlebug, and whitefly.

Registration expanded to additional crops:

Agri-Mek 0.15EC (abamectin), new registration (2001) on grapes for mite control; made by Syngenta.

Capture® 2EC (bifenthrin), a pyrethroid made by FMC; new registration for caneberries (raspberries) for caterpillar and root weevil control.
Elevate® 50WDG fungicide (Fenhexamid) for control of Botrytis fruit rot (gray mold) on bushberries and caneberries. Bushberries on the label are blueberry, currants, gooseberry, and huckleberry. Caneberries are red and black raspberries, blackberry, and loganberry.
Ferbam® WDG fungicide for control of orange rust on blackberry and black raspberry A 24C-registration is required for use in Ohio.
Nova® 40W fungicide for control of orange rust on blackberry and black raspberry.
Savey 50DF received full Federal label for control of European red mite and two-spotted spider mite on plums and prunes.
Sinbar® herbicide on first year strawberries.
SpinTor® 2SC (spinosad) by Dow, new registration for blueberry and strawberry (late 2001) for control of caterpillars, dipteran leafminers, and thrips.

Tolerance Established with Label Pending:

Stinger (clopyralid) has received official tolerance on strawberry for control of thistle and groundsel.

Cancellations:

Benlate 50WP. Dupont has requested a voluntary registration cancellation for Benlate 50WP fungicide on all crops. The sale and distribution of Benlate will not be legal after December 31, 2002. Growers may use labeled product after this date; however, they will not be able to purchase additional material.

* * * Remember: The Label is the Law. * * *

The Ohio Fruit ICM News is edited by:
Ted W. Gastier
Extension Agent, Agriculture
Tree Fruit Team Coordinator
Ohio State University Extension Huron County
180 Milan Avenue
Norwalk, OH 44857
Phone: (419)668-8210
FAX: (419)663-4233
E-mail: gastier.1@osu.edu

Information presented above and where trade names are used, they are supplied with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by Ohio State University Extension is implied. Although every attempt is made to produce information that is complete, timely, and accurate, the pesticide user bears responsibility of consulting the pesticide label and adhering to those directions.

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All educational programs conducted by Ohio State University Extension are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability or Vietnam-era veteran status.
Keith L. Smith, Associate Vice President for Ag. Adm. and Director, OSU Extension.
TDD No. 800-589-8292 (Ohio only) or 614-292-1868

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