Ohio Fruit ICM News

2002 Ohio Fruit ICM Newsletter Index



Newsletter Article Newsletter Dates
Acid soils & lime Nov 7



Acramite Mar. 21 Dec. 27


Agri-Mek Aug. 8 Dec. 27


Agrilink sells applesauce business Nov. 21



Agrochemical companies May 9



Air drainage analysis & improvement May 9



Anthracnose fruit rot control in strawberries Mar. 4 Apr. 25 May 2

Antioxidants & human health May 23



Aphids June 27



Apogee, growth regulator Mar. 21 Mar. 29


Apple
aphids
harvest sanitation
internal pests
juice, Chinese anti-dumping
law challenged
lesser appleworm
maggot efficacy trials
mite control
necrotic leaf blotch
pinching shoots
pinpoint scab
powdery mildew control
promotion & education
quality & dry weather
San Jose scale control
scab control
Taiwan ban
thinning
varieties, new
June 27
Aug. 22
May 30
Nov. 21
Oct. 7
Aug. 22
June 20
Mar. 21
July 11
June 20
Sept. 20
Apr 4
Sept. 26
Oct. 18
Apr. 11
Apr. 4
Nov. 21
May 16
Sept. 20












May 16



May 16
Dec. 19




Apple Market Loss Program May 9 Aug. 8 Sept. 20 Oct. 7
Apple scab
forecasting
fungicide resistance
management advice
Apr. 4
Apr. 18
Apr. 11
Apr. 25


May 16



May 16



Apricot cultivars Oct. 24



Assail insecticide Apr. 11 Dec. 27


Bacterial spot control Apr. 4 May 30


Beneficial insects July 18



Benlate 50WP, loss of Jan. 31 Dec. 27


Berry floor grasses Oct. 31



Berry info on the web Nov. 14 Dec. 12


Berry production & weather Aug. 1



Berries & modified atmospheres Aug. 15



Biological control and nematodes May 16



Biological insecticides Dec. 27



Black knot control Apr. 4



Blackberry
modified atmospheres
pruning
Aug. 15
Mar. 4




Blueberry
botrytis gray mold control
critical temperatures
cultivar review
fall activities
fall checklist
fertilizers
insect identification
Japanese beetle control
modified atmospheres
new fungicides
pruning
twig blight
July 18
Apr. 25
Dec. 19
Nov. 14
Sept. 20
Apr. 25
Aug. 1
July 11
Aug. 15
Jan. 31
Mar. 4
June 20






May 2



Botanicals Aug. 8



Botrytis fruit rot
control in fall raspberries
May 2
Sept. 12
July 11 July 18

Brambles
botrytis gray mold
cold injury
fall checklist
modified atmospheres
orange rust
pruning
soils & minerals
summer heading (tipping)
July 11
Apr. 18
Sept. 20
Aug. 15
Mar. 4
Mar. 4
Apr. 18
June 20

July 18




Apr. 18

Sept. 12


Brown rot July 11



Cabrio, registration for berry crops Oct. 18 Dec. 27


Canker, bacterial, control Apr. 4



Capture 2EC insecticide May 30



Cecidomyiid larvae July 18



Certified crop advisor program Nov. 27



Cherry
disease control
rootstock trials

Apr. 4
Oct. 24




Chill hours Jan. 31 Feb. 14


Chinese anti-dumping case, apple juice Nov. 21



Cicada, periodical June 20



Cider labeling Jan. 17 Mar. 14 Aug. 1

Codling moth
predicting 3rd generation activity
Mar. 21
Aug. 8
May 16 May 30 June 27
Cold acclimation in strawberries Oct. 18



Collar rot Sept. 20



Continuing education at Growers congress Nov. 27



Court decision, apple marketing law Oct. 7



Critical temperatures for small fruit
air drainage analysis
Apr. 25
May 9
May 2


Cultivar study, black raspberry Sept. 5



Current, red
cordon training
new cultivars
Sept. 20
Oct. 18




Deliver biological insecticide Dec. 27



Diazinon, regulatory status Aug. 22



Disease
forecasting models
keeping fruit trees clean
management
Apr. 18
Sept. 12 May 16
June 13


Dormant oil sprays Mar. 29



Drought severity July 18



Dry weather & apple quality Oct. 18



EPA & pesticide drift Mar. 21



Ecozin biological insecticide Dec. 27



El Niño & weather patterns July 25



Elevate 50WDG fungicide July 18 Dec. 27


Esteem insecticide Apr. 11



European red mite
dormant oil spray
summer oil
Mar. 29
June 6




Fact Sheets, small fruit July 25



Fall scouting in fruit plantings Sept. 26



Farm Market License exemption July 25



Farmers market facts Oct. 7



Ferbam fungicide Dec. 27



Fertilizers, blueberry
Apr. 25 May 2


Fire blight
forecasting
monitoring
web info
Apr. 18
May 30
June 13




Fly speck Aug. 1



Food safety
during harvest
grant
regulations & labeling requirements
Aug. 15
Oct. 18
Jan. 17




Fruit & vegetable congress Nov. 7



Fruit
bulletins
newsletters
web sites
Nov. 27
Nov. 27
Nov. 27
Dec. 12


Fumigation & composted yard waste Oct. 24



Fungicides
additions & label changes
apple scab
blueberry
Cabrio
foliar
for control of anthracnose fruit rot for control of botrytis gray mold
loss of Benlate 50WP
rain wash-off
resistance
strawberry
Dec. 27
Apr. 4
Jan. 31
Oct. 18
June 6
Mar. 4
July 11
Jan. 31
June 6
Apr. 11
Jan. 31


Apr. 11



Apr. 25



May 16
May 2



Garlic Aug. 8



Goal herbicide for strawberries Nov. 21



Gooseberry
cordon training
new cultivars
Sept. 20
Oct. 18




Grants, federal promotion for specialty crop producers Mar. 14



Grape
critical temperatures
crop load adjustment/pruning
disease management
fall checklist
important sprays
nematodes to control borer
plant tissue analysis
vine retraining
weed management
Apr. 25
May 16
June 13
Sept. 20
May 16
May 16
June 13
Mar. 4
Apr. 18




Grasses, for orchard & berry floor Oct. 31



Green apple aphids June 27



Growth regulator, Apogee Mar. 21 Mar. 29


Handling, careful at harvest
sanitation
Aug. 8
Aug. 22



Harvest quality
sanitation
Aug. 8
Aug. 22
Aug.15


Hemiptera July 18



Herbicides
fall, strawberries
Goal
in grapes
in small fruit
Sinbar
Sept. 5
Nov. 21
Apr. 18
Apr. 18
Dec. 19

Dec 19



History of Ohio Peach Industry Nov. 14



Honeycrisp
harvest recommendations
sun scald
Sept. 20
Oct. 7




Horticultural oils & managing insects June 6



Human health and berries Mar. 14 May 24


Insect growth regulator Dec. 27



Insect management
horticultural oils
June 6



Insecticidal soaps Aug. 8



Insecticides, pre-harvest intervals
IR-4
label changes
Aug. 29
Aug. 29
Dec. 27




IR-4, minor use program Aug. 29



Japanese beetle control July 11



Knouse Foods buys applesauce business Nov. 21



Labor seminar Jan. 31



Lacewings July 18



Ladybird beetles July 18 Sept. 20


Leather rot May 2



Lesser appleworm Aug. 22



Lime & acid soils Nov. 7 Nov. 14


Market Loss Assistance May 9 Aug. 8 Sept. 20 Oct. 7
Mid American Ag and Hort Services Mar. 14 Nov. 7


Midwest Fruit Workers Meeting report Oct. 7



Migrant housing Mar. 21



Mite control on apples
on peaches
Mar. 21
July 18
July 18


Modified atmospheres for berry crops Aug. 15



Mulches in small fruit crops Aug. 15 Aug. 22


Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Sept. 20



Necrotic leaf blotch July 11



Nectarine
cultivars
disease management
Oct. 24 Apr. 4



Neem Aug. 8



Nematodes for biological control May 16



New York Berry News Apr. 18



NSRP5,
National Research Support Project 5
Sept. 12



Obituary
Dr. Gene Galletta
Frank Garwood
Betty Hackenbracht
Doug Walcher
July 5
Mar. 4
Oct. 18
Nov. 7




Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code Jan. 17



Orange rust in brambles Mar. 4



Orchard grass selection & management Oct. 31



Organic production
and pesticide classification
certification & court
kaolin (Surround)
national standards
Jan. 17
Oct. 31
May 2
Oct. 24




Organophosphate insecticides & risk May 16 June 13


Oriental fruit moth May 23 May 30


Palmer Drought Severity Index July 18



Parasitoids July 18



Peach
bacterial spot
brown rot
cultivars
disease management
harvesting tips
industry history
leaf curl
scab
workshop at fruit congress
May 30
July 11
Oct. 24
Apr. 4
July 11
Nov. 14
Apr. 4
May 16
Oct. 18




May 30


Sept. 26
May 30



Peachtree borers May 24



Pear psylla
control
dormant oil
Mar. 21
Mar. 21
Mar. 29




Pears, when to harvest Sept. 5



Periodical cicadas June 20



Pest activity & tree development May 9



Pesticide
additions
drift & EPA
for organic farming
IR-4
label changes
terminology
Dec. 27
Mar. 21
Jan. 17
Aug. 29
Dec. 27
Dec. 12




Pheromone, sprayable Apr. 11



Phytophthora root, crown, collar rot Apr. 4 Sept. 20


Phytophthora root diseases of berries Aug. 15



Pinpoint scab Sept. 20



Piperonyl butoxide Aug. 8



Pledge of Allegiance July 5



Plum curculio control May 9 May 16


Plum pox virus survey
update
Jan. 31
Aug. 8
July 25
Sept. 20



Plum & prune disease control Apr. 4



Pollinators May 23



Powdery mildew control
apple
peach
Apr. 4
May 30

May 16



Pre-harvest intervals for insecticides Aug. 29



Pruning
and Apogee
blueberries
brambles
brambles & cold injury
grape for crop load adjustment
Mar. 21
Mar. 4
Mar. 4
Apr. 18
May 16




Pyrethrin Aug. 8



Quadris fungicide Apr. 18 June 27


Raised bed planting for raspberries Jan. 17



Raspberry
botrytis gray mold
cultivar study
fall checklist
human health
insecticide
modified atmospheres
orange rust
phytophthora root diseases
production
pruning
raised bed planting
summer tipping (heading)
white drupelet disorder
winter hardiness
July 11
Sept. 5
Sept. 20
Mar. 14
May 30
Aug. 15
Mar. 4
Aug. 15
Jan. 17
Mar. 4
Jan. 17
June 20
July 25
Apr. 11

July 18
Dec. 19

May 23

Sept. 12


Retail Food Establishment license
farm exemptions
Mar. 14



Ribes
cordon training
new cultivars
Sept. 20
Oct. 18




Rosy apple aphid June 27



Rotenone Aug. 8



Sanitation
during harvest
keeping fruit tress clean
Aug. 15
Sept. 12

Aug. 22



San Jose scale
control
dormant oil spray
Apr. 11
Mar. 29

June 6



Sap petiole analysis Nov. 27



Savey miticide May 9 Dec. 27


Scab, peach May 16



Scholarship Oct. 18



Scouting, fall, in fruit plantings Sept. 26



Section 18 emergency exemption
Topsin-M WSB
May 9



Sinbar on strawberries Dec. 19



Small fruit
critical temperatures
mulches
Apr. 25
Aug. 15
Aug. 22


Small Fruit fact sheets July 25



SmartFresh Aug 15



Soft scald Oct. 7



Soil testing
acid soils & liming
choosing a laboratory
Nov. 7
Oct. 31




Sooty blotch Aug. 1



Spartan 4F herbicide May 16 Dec. 27


Specialty crop promotion grants Mar. 14



Spider mite control on apples Mar. 21 Mar. 29


SpinTor Aug. 8 Dec. 27


Spray adjuvants June 6



Stinger tolerance for strawberry Oct. 7



Storage, SmartFresh Aug. 15



Strawberry
cold acclimation
controlling anthracnose fruit rot
controlling groundsel
critical temperatures
cultivar review
disease resistant varieties
fall checklist
fall herbicides
fertilizer injection
fruit rots
fumigation & composted yard waste
fungicides
Goal herbicide
modified atmospheres
nitrogen fertilizer
phytophthora root disease
plasticulture
potassium
pollinators
renovation
sap-petiole analysis
Sinbar for weed control
Stinger tolerance
weed control
Oct. 18
Mar. 4
May 16
Apr. 25
Dec. 19
Feb. 14
Sept. 20
Sept. 5
Apr. 18
May 2
Oct. 24
Jan. 31
Nov. 21
Aug. 15
Nov. 27
Aug. 15
Apr. 11
Nov. 14
May 23
June 27
Nov. 27
Dec. 19
Oct. 7
Nov. 14


Apr. 25





Nov. 21



Apr. 18




Apr. 18






Dec. 19












May 2




Apr. 25

















Nov. 14

















Nov. 27
Stethorus punctum July 18



Strobilurin fungicides Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Oct. 18

Summer heading (tipping) brambles June 20



Surround (kaolin) May 2 Aug. 8


Syrphid fly larvae July 18



Taiwan ban on U.S. apples Nov. 21 Dec. 19


Temperatures, critical, for small fruit
air drainage analysis
Apr. 25
May 9
May 2


Thinning apple May 16



Thionex insecticide Dec. 27



Tissue analysis June 13



Topsin-M WSB fungicide
Section 18
Jan. 31
May 9
Feb. 14 May 2

Tree development & pest activity May 9



Tree fruit web sites Dec. 27



Twig blight, blueberry June 20



Viticulturist position Nov. 21



Water for freeze protection Apr. 25



Weather & berry production Aug. 1



Weather patterns & El Niño July 25



WEB sites
apricot, peach, nectarine cultivars
berry info
Cornell fruit & berry pathology
fire blight info
fruit
links to fungicides
Mid American Ag & Hort Services
New York Berry News
Palmer Drought Severity Index
tree fruit
weather equipment
weather information
Oct. 24
Nov. 14
Mar. 29
June 13
Nov. 27
Apr. 18
Nov. 7
Mar. 29
July 18
Dec. 27
Apr. 18
Apr. 18


Dec. 19

Dec. 12



Weed management
in grape
in strawberry
wild galic & wild onion control
Apr. 18
May 16
May 30


Nov. 14


Dec. 19


Wild garlic & wild onion control May 30



Wooly apple aphid June 27



X-disease control Apr. 4