Biological and Monitoring Information

• Direct pests of grape - affecting the fruit directly
• Grape berry moth
• Spotted wing drosophila
• Brown marmorated stink bug
• Grape flea beetle
• Redbanded leafroller
• Yellowjackets
• Climbing cutworms
• Rose chafer
• Grape curculio
• Grapevine looper
• Western flower thrips
  

• Indirect pests of grape - affecting other parts of the plant:
 Foliar feeders
• Japanese beetle
• Green June beetle
• European red mite (listen to recorded presentation on mites)
  
• Grape leafhopper
• Sharpshooters and Pierce's disease
  
• Leafhoppers and Grapevine yellows
• Grape mealybug
• Grape phylloxera
• Grapevine aphid
• Grapeleaf skeletonizer
• Grape leaffolder
• Grape plume moth
• Sphinx moths
• Eightspotted forester
• Spotted pelidnota
• Grape colaspis
• Grape tumid gallmaker
• Grape erineum mite
• Grape rust mite
  


Trunk and cane feeders

• Spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula  (Recorded presentation)
  
• Report a find:
  https://ask.extension.org/groups/1981/ask
• Ambrosia beetles and grape cane borer (apple twig borer)
• Grape cane girdler
• Grape cane gallmaker
• Periodical cicada (Recorded presentation)
• Grape scale (click here for a recorded talk on scale management)
• European fruit lecanium (click here for a recorded talk on scale management)
• European hornet, Vespa crabro

Root feeders

• Grape root borer
• Grape phylloxera
• Grape rootworm

A recorded presentation on early season vineyard pest management

• Pheromone trap data for grape berry moth and grape root borer (Augusta and Rappahannock Cos. 2003, 2004, 2005 (Winchester 2002,2001)


• Invasive pests of potential concern
 
• European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana
• Light brown apple moth
• Fig fruit fly, Zaprionus indianus (Fla. Entomol. article)
  
 
• A Course in Fruit IPM
 
• Syllabus for Arthropod Pest Management in Fruit Crops
• Lecture outline for grape IPM

Biological Control

• Predators of Mites and AphidsReprinted with permission from Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide, published by NRAES, 152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-5701. (607) 255-7654

 
Predators of Mites - L.A. Hull and R. L. Horsburgh
 
• Stethorus punctum
• Amblyseius fallacis
• Zetzellia mali
• Minute pirate bugs
• Black hunter
• Predatory mirids

Predators of aphids - D. G. Pfeiffer and H. W. Hogmire
 
• Syrphid flies
• Aphid midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza
• Green and brown lacewings
• Ladybird beetles
• Minute pirate bugs (Andrews and Kuhar VCE Factsheet on pirate bugs)
  
• Toxicity to Orchard Predators from Pesticides [from 2022 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 2022 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland Coop. Ext. Pub. 456-419)]

 
• Biological Control: Natural Enemies of North America (Cornell)

• Commercial sources of natural enemies
• Green Methods (Nottingham NH)
• Koppert Biological Systems
• Netherlands
• Romulus NY
  
• IPM Laboratories (Locke NY)
• Arbico Organics
• Certis (microbials)
• BASF (entomopathogenic nematodes)

 
• Entomopathogenic Nematodes

    General information (OSU)
    Certis USA (source for entomopathogenic nematodes)

Chemical Control

• Your Nearest Poison Control Center - (800) 222-1222

• Label information:
• Agrian Label Lookup
  
• Pesticide labels, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) from CDMS
• Kelly Solutions database used by VDACS
• National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS) label database

• Links to Virginia Chemical Control Recommendations:
• 2025 Commercial Horticultural and Forest Crops (including Commercial Small Fruit, Commercial Vineyards, Commercial Hops)
  
• 2025 Home Grounds and Animals (including HomeFruit
• 2025 Field Crops

• 2025 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers


• 2024-2025 Mid-Atlantic Commercial Vegetable Recommendation

• Pesticide Applicator Training Manuals.

• Southeast Regional Bunch Grape Pest Management Guide 2022

• Univ. California 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 (FRAC Classification)
  

• Insecticide Resistance Management (Breeze)

• NPIRS State Pesticide Information Retrieval System
 
• Regulatory updates on pesticides:

• EPA Text on Pesticide Poisoning

• Information on organic pest control.

• Pesticide legislation - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (U. S. Senate web links)

 
• Environmental Impact Quotient, developed at Cornell University to determine the environmental impact of insecticides used in fruit systems (updated 2006)

Pesticide labels, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and Toxicological and environmental profiles of specific pesticides in Virginia recommendations

Airblast sprayer calibration (Virginia Tech)

A student demonstration on airblast calibration

Pheromone-based Monitoring and Management

• Mating disruption of grape berry moth
• Information on establishing a disruption block in orchards or vineyards
• Labels for mating disruption products

• Codling moth: Isomate C-TT, sprayable Suterra's Checkmate CM-F), Suterra's CM and OFM Puffers, Isomate CM/OFM TT,
  SPLAT Cydia,
• Oriental fruit moth:  Isomate-M Rosso, Isomate CM/OFM TT,
• Dogwood borer: Isomate DWB (dogwood borer),
• Peach borers: Isomate PTB Dual,
• Grape berry moth: SPLAT GBM, Isomate GBM Plus (discont.),
• European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana: Isomate EGVM,
• Grape root boarer:  Isomate GRB,
• Miscellaneous:  SPLAT Tuta, SPLAT with spinosad, diamondback moth Checkmate DBM-F) (note formulations - impact on OMRI?)

• Pacific Biocontrol Mating Disruption Information
• Pherolist, a glossary of lepidopteran sex attractants

• Illinois Weed Identification key (illustrated)
• Page from WSU

Other Topics

• IOBC/WPRS Working Group (see list of IOBC meetings).