Fruit IPM

• Order Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide
• Biological and monitoring information for direct and indirect pests affecting:

 
• Apple
• Pear
• Stone Fruits
• Grape
• Small Fruits
• Links to Virginia Chemical Control Recommendations:
• 2013 Pest Management Guide for Commercial Hort and Home (including Commercial Small Fruit, Commercial Vineyards, and Home Fruit)
• 2013 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers
• Abridged html versions
• Commercial Tree Fruits
• Commercial Vineyards
• Commercial Small Fruits
• Home Tree and Small Fruits
• Regulatory updates on pesticides:
• Information on beneficial species
• Pheromone trap data
• An illustrated diagnostic key to tree fruit diseases (West Virginia University)

• NPIRS State Pesticide Information Retrieval System


• Pesticide Labels and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) from CDMS

• Labels, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and Toxicological and environmental profiles of specific pesticides (EXTOXNET)

• Modes of Action Classification Scheme for Insecticides (PDF), in Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) group site, and Fungicides (Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) site)

• Compendium of Pesticide Common Names.
  


• Information on organic pest control controls.

• Cornell site on Biological Control: Natural Enemies of North America


• Airblast sprayer calibration
 
• Airblast sprayer calibration (Virginia Tech)
• A student demonstration on airblast calibration

• Help in weed identification and management
• Illinois Weed Identification key (illustrated)
• WSSA (Weed Science Society of America) (includes photo gallery of weeds)
• A site on Weed Management from Washington State


• 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)
 
• The Role of Pesticides in IPM
• Mating Disruption and Other Alternatives
• Airblast Sprayer Calibration
• Calibration laboratory
• Semiochemical lecture for Arthropod Pest Management


• Pesticide Programs:
 
• Virginia Tech
• West Virginia

• IPM information for minor fruits or fruits outside the mid-Atlantic area:
 
• Pawpaw
  
• Cranberry
• Mango
• Olive (Student site, Olive CRSP site)

• Vineyard Integrated Pest Management (IPM) workshop -  9:30 – 4 pm, 9 April 2013, Barren Ridge Vineyards.
  
• Biennial workshop of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Protection and Production in Viticulture" (First Circular) (Second Circular), Ascona, Switzerland - 13-17 Oct 2013
  
• Entomological Society of America National Meeting - Austin TX - 17-20 Nov 2013
• Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference - Winchester VA - 4-5 Dec 2013
• Eastern Branch Entomological Society of America - Williamsburg VA - 15-19 March 2014
• Entomological Society of America National Meeting - Portland OR - 16-19 Nov 2014
• Entomological Society of America National Meeting - Minneapolis MN - 14-18 Nov 2015
• International Congress of Entomology/Entomological Society of America Joint Meeting - Orlando FL - 25-30 Sep 2016
  
• IOBC/WPRS Working Group (see list of IOBC meetings).

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

 

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Douglas G. Pfeiffer