What's HOT in Caneberry Production and Research
(Updated 27 January 2010)
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| Horticultual Topics |Miscellaneous Topics |
2010 Revisions to Pest
Management Guide for
Commercial
Small Fruits:
The revised Pest Management Guide for Commercial
Small
Fruits now available. (The Pest
Management
Guide is available
on-line
for free. Hard copies are also
available for $6.00 plus $5.27 shipping. Call 540-231-1322). Tables
of recommendations
for commercial caneberries are also available in the fruit web page.
2010 Revisions to Home Fruit
Spray Guide:
The revised Pest Management Guide for Home Small
Fruits
is now available. (The Pest
Management
Guide is available
on-line
for free. Hard copies are also
available for $5.00 plus $5.27 shipping. Call 540-231-1322).
Recommendations for home
caneberries are also available in the web page.
New edition!
Mid-Atlantic
Berry Guide
- Produced by Penn State, Rutgers Univ., Univ. Delaware, West Virginia
Univ., Univ.
Maryland and Virginia Tech. Order through Penn State for $20.00.
Upcoming Meetings:
3rd Annual Virginia Berry Production and
Marketing Conference - Thursday, March 11, 2010 (9:00-4:30), at the
L. Douglas Wilder Building at Viirginia State University. Contact
Reza Rafie for further information.
(2nd Annual Conf.)
Pesticides and
Pests:
bifenthrin
- Capture
2EC has
been approved by EPA as a drench treatment for raspberry crown
borer. Apply post-harvest (fall) or
pre-bloom (spring), as a drench application directed at the crown of
plants in a minimum of 200 gal water/A. Greater efficacy is observed at
higher water gallonages up to 400 gal/A, or in an application prior
to
a
significant
rainfall
event.
Do
not make a prebloom foliar and
prebloom drench application. See
supplemental label.
carbaryl - EPA announces
Interim
Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED -
this pdf exceeds 300p. See also 6-page fact
sheet)
for carbaryl on 10/27/04. On 30
March
2005, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) requested
that EPA revoke
all
tolerances for carbaryl. NRDC's letter
to EPA is posted (html).
EPA's
assessment
of
human
health
and
environmental risks of carbaryl, and
finding on whether the tolerances for carbaryl comply with the safety
standard in FFDCA section 408, as amended by the FQPA, are contained in
the IRED document for carbaryl, which is available on EPA's website at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, under docket number
OPP-2003-0376. (More information on risk
assessment is available). The e-docket
for this issue has several items listed (NRDC letter, notice of EPA of
public comment period, public input, and an opportunity
to provide input. Public
comments
must be received by May 31, 2005. On 13 Oct 06,
EPA announced a petition
from Washington Toxics has been received to cancel
all
tolerances
of
carbaryl.
In
the Regulations.gov
page, search on ID no. EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0801. Following that link, one can also
find a link to the carbaryl IRED (Interim Reregistration Eligibility
Decision). Public comments are requested and must be received by 13
Nov 06.
spinetoram - A new active ingredient in the same
class as spinosad (SpinTor, Entrust) has been registered for fruit
crops. Delegate WG
is registered on pome and stone fruits, bushberries, caneberries and
grape. Radiant SC
is the formulation registered on strawberries.
For some industry discussion on FQPA changes and
issues, see Issues section of the CropLife America
web
site.
Horticultural
Topics:
Shift-trellises for Brambles:
The late Dr. Herb Stiles published two experiment
station
bulletins on trellising systems for brambles (Va. Agric. Exp. Stn
Bull.
95-2 and 99-1). Abstracts are available here for publications on Shift
trellis and Limited
Arm
Rotation
Shift
Trellis systems. For the entire publications, go
the the Horticultural Topic sections.
Miscellaneous
Topics:
New name for NABGA: The North American
Bramble Growers has changed its name! It is now the North
American
Raspberry
and
Blackberry
Association,
NARBA. There is new contact
information as well. The new e-mail is
info@raspberryblackberry.com, and the new phone is 919-542-4037.
New!
A
new
active
ingredient
has
been
labeled on fruit crops. See
rynaxypyr, or Altacor, listed below under pesticide registrations
New!
The
College
of
Agriculture
and
Life
Science at Virginia Tech has
established a new on-line Master's in Agriculture
and Life Sciences. This curriculum has been
approved by the State Council of Higher Education and is now accepting
applications for Fall semester 2007. In this program, you can
earn
a
master's degree in agriculture while working in your current job -
emphasis is on education for place-bound learners, and all courses are
taken on-line. In addition to a core area, there are courses
offered in five areas of concentration: (1) Biosecurity,
Bioregulations and Public Health, (2) Education, (3) Environmental
Science, (4) Food Safety, and (5) Plant Science and Pest
Management. In addition to course work, the student completes a
project decided upon in consultation with your major advisor.
Lists
of courses within each concentration may be found in the web site
linked above. This program was recently the subject of an interview
by Jeff Ishee with Virginia Public Televsion's Virginia
Farming. For
more information, contact Doug Pfeiffer (dgpfeiff at vt.edu) or Sharon Proffitt (sproffit at vt.edu) (see
2008-2009
Extended
Campus
tuition
rates).
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