Virginia
Small Fruits
Small Fruit IPM
Updated 29 October 2009
Strawberry Pests |
Blueberry
Pests |Caneberry Pests |Biological
Control | Chemical Control
Biological and Monitoring Information
Biological Control
- Predators of Mites and Aphids
Reprinted
with permission
from Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide, published by NRAES,
152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-5701. (607) 255-7654
- Toxicity
to Orchard Predators from Pesticides [from 2009 Spray Bulletin for Commercial
Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland Coop. Ext.
Pub. 456-419)]
- Toxicity
to Honey Bees of Fruit Insecticides [from
2009
Spray Bulletin for Commercial
Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland Coop. Ext.
Pub. 456-419)]
- Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Control recommendations
- Your Nearest Poison Control Center -
(800)
222-1222
- Virginia
2009 Pest Management Guide for Commercial
Small
Fruit (Virginia
Coop.
Ext. PMG page: Pub. 456-017) (Strawberry Diseases and Insects
p. 48;
Caneberry
Diseases and Insects p. 51; Blueberry Diseases and Insects p. 54;
Nematodes
p. 59; Weeds p. 61)
(Use caution because pest species and recommended controls vary
regionally). (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).
(abridged html
version)
- 2009 Pest Management
Guide for Home
Fruit
(Virginia
Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-018) in PDF
format
(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).
- New! Mid-Atlantic
Berry Guide
- Produced by Penn State, Rutgers Univ., Univ. Delaware, West Virginia
Univ., Univ.
Maryland and Virginia Tech. For a paper copy, request Pub. No. 423-020
from Virginia Tech Extension Distribution Center, 112 Landsdowne St.,
Blacksburg, Va. 24060 with check for $30.00, which includes shipping
& handling. (Additional ordering
information).
- Southeast
Regional
Brambles IPM Guide - PDF (2009)
- Southeast
Regional
Blueberries IPM Guide - PDF (2009)
- Southeast
Regional
Strawberries IPM Guide - PDF (2009)
- Small
fruit IPM - NCSU (John Meyer)
- Midwest 2009
Small Fruit and Grape Recommendations
- New
England Small Fruit pest management guide (2003-2004)
- The
Berry
Diagnostic Tool (a companion to the NRAES Production Guides
for Strawberries, Raspberries and Blueberries (Cornell Univ.)
- Mid-Western Small Fruit IPM Handbook
- Weed control recommendations from the Pacific
Northwest
(WSU, OSU, UI)
- Caneberry
- Strawberry
- Blueberry
- Pacific Northwest Insect Control
Recommendations
- Modes
of Action Classification Scheme
for Insecticides
(PDF), in Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC)
group site (see IRAC
Classification), and Fungicides (Fungicide Resistance
Action
Committee
(FRAC) site
- Insecticide Resistance Management (Breeze)
Environmental
Impact
Quotient, developed at Cornell University to determine the
environmental
impact of insecticides used in fruit systems (updated by Cornell 2006)
Toxicological
and
environmental profiles of specific pesticides (EXTOXNET), with
label and MSDS information from CDMS
link
Information on organic
pest control.
Organic culture in
brambles (ATTRA)
EPA Text on Pesticide
Poisoning
- Pesticide legislation - Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
(U.
S. Senate web links)
Weed Management
A Course
in Fruit IPM
Upcoming
IPM conferences
- Cumberland-Shenandoah
Fruit
Workers Conference, Winchester VA, 19-20 Nov 2009.
- Entomological
Society
of America National Meeting, Indianapolis IN, 13-16 Dec
2009.
- Southeast Regional
Small Fruit and Vegetable Conference, Savannah GA, 7-10 January
2010.
- Western
Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference. Portland OR, 13-15
Jan 2010.
- Entomological Society of America Eastern Branch,
Annapolis MD, 7-9 Mar 2010.
- XVII International Plant Protection
Congress - Honolulu, Hawaii, August 6 - 10, 2011
- IOBC/WPRS Working Group (see list of
IOBC meetings).
Douglas G.
Pfeiffer