The Mid-Atlantic
Regional Fruit Loop
Extension, Research and Teaching in Fruit Crops
Fruit IPM
Links to information about Fruit IPM:
- Information on beneficial species
- Commercial sources of natural enemies
- Modes of Action Classification Scheme for Insecticides
(PDF), in Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) group site, and Fungicides
(Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) site)
- Help in weed identification and management
- A Course
in Insect Pest Management (Undergraduate)
- A Course
in Arthropod Pest Management (Graduate)
- A Course
in Managing Arthropod Pests (on-line Graduate)
- A Course
on Pesticide Usage (VPI&SU)
- Semiochemical lecture
for Arthropod Pest Management
- Pesticide Programs:
- IPM information for minor fruits or fruits outside the
mid-Atlantic area:
Pesticide
legislation - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
(EPA web links)
International fruit pests of
concern:
Summerfruit
tortrix, Adoxophyes orana Fischer von Rösslerstamm (Mass link)
Plum
fruit moth, Grapholita funebrana
Treitschke
Lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas
postvittana Walker
European
vine moth, Lobesia botrana Denis & Schiffermüller
Grape bud
moth, European grape berry
moth, Eupoecilia ambiguella Hübner
Common
cockchafer, May beetle,
June beetle, Melolontha melolontha (L.)
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda
Upcoming IPM conferences:
Archive files: Winter Fruit Schools:Patrick-Carroll (Mt. Airy) - Feb. 7. Botetourt-Roanoke
- Feb. 8. Nelson-Albemarle
- Feb. 9. Madison-Rappahannock
- Feb. 10. Winchester
- Feb. 11, Winchester
small fruit school, Blackstone
Blackberry and Blueberry fruit school, 2003 Fruit Schools:
Mt. Airy - Feb. 10; Roanoke
- Feb 11; Central Virginia - Feb 12; Madison-Rappahannock
- Feb 13; Winchester - Feb 14. The 2004 meeting of the NABGA
was held in Tampa FL on Feb 21-22. The program
was posted. Small
Fruit field day - Blackstone, July 22, 2004. Southeast Regional Fruit and
Vegetable Conference - Savannah GA, January 7-9, 2005