Jonagold Apples

Integrated Pest Management for Apples

A Guide for Sampling and Decision-Making for Key Apple Pests in Northwest Washington

 

IPM Resources

 

Acknowledgements

Nooksack IPM Advisory Committee

Introduction

Key Sampling Periods

Part 1 - Pre-bloom

Part 2 - Bloom through Petal-Fall

Part 3 - Late Spring and Summer

Part 4 - Post Harvest

Part 5 - Tables and Charts

Part 6 - IPM Resources

Part 7 - Pesticides and Water

 

WSU Publications

Extension Bulletins

Numbered Extension bulletins are available from:

Bulletin Office
Washington State University
P.O. Box 645912
Pullman, WA 99164-5912
1-800-723-1763

1603 "Apple Maggot" (Out of Print)
0419 "Crop Protection Guide for Tree Fruits in Washington" - updated annually
1075 "Aphids in Apples"
1526 "Apple Ermine Moth"
1320 "Apple Maggot Trap Placement (Out of Print)
1106 "Biology and Control of Tent Caterpillars"
1072 "Codling Moth Control, A New Tool for Timing Sprays"
1244 "McDaniel and Twospotted Mite" (Out of Print)
1246 "Mite Counting in Apple Pest Management"
1582 "Pandemis and Obliquebanded Leafroller"
1238 "Spotted Tentiform Leafminer" (online only)
0940 "Apple Anthracnose"
1044 "Apple Scab"
1194 "Bitter Pit of Apple"
1497 "Collar Rot of Pome and Stone Fruits"
0753 "Concepts of Integrated Pest Management in Washington"

Miscellaneous

To request other WSU "Miscellaneous" publications contact:

WSU Cooperative Extension Whatcom County
(360) 676-6736

"Integrated Pest Management: Decision Making Tools for Farmers - Coping with Pest Variability" - 1996
"Puget Sound Pest Management Guidelines.A Guide for Protecting Our water Quality" - 1993
PNW 343 "Beneficial Organisms Associated with Pacific Northwest Crops" - 1993
Pacific Northwest Control Handbooks for Insect, Disease or Weeds - Updated Annually

 

Other Publications

Orchard Pest Management, A Resource Guide for the Pacific Northwest, published by GOOD FRUIT GROWER, Yakima, WA, 1993

"Insects and Mites of Economic Importance in the Northwest" - Ralph E. Berry, OSU, 1978

"Compendium of Apple and Pear Diseases" published by American Phytopathology Society Press (APS Press)

"Apple Scab: Biology, Epidemiology, and Management" - William E. MacHardy, 1996. APS Press

 

Internet Addresses

WSU Whatcom County Cooperative Extension
http://whatcom.wsu.edu

WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
http://www.tfrec.wsu.edu

West Virginia University Experimental Farm
www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville

Scaffolds Fruit Journal - Cornell
www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/scaffolds/

Virtual Orchard Website for Sustainable Apple Production
www.virtualorchard.net

Northwest Berry and Grape Infonet
osu.orst.edu/dept/infonet

University of California at Davis IPM Home Page
www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/

National IPM Network, Western Region
www.colostate.edu/Depts/IPM/index.html

Washington State Pesticide Page
pep.wsu.edu/

Pesticide Information Profiles
ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/pips/ghindex.html

National Pesticide Telecommunications Network
www.ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/

 

Catalog Suppliers of Field Scouting Equipment

BioQuip Products
17803 LaSalle Avenue
Gardena, CA 90248-3602
(310) 324-0620
e-mail: bioquip@aol.com
http://www.bioquip.com

 

Weather Monitoring Equipment

Onset Computer Coororation
536 MacArthur Blvs.
Box 2450
Pocasset, MA 02559-2450
(508) 759-9500
e-mail: sales@onsetcomp.com
http://www.onsetcomp.com/

Davis Instruments
3456 Diablo Ave.
Hayward, CA 94545-2778
1-800-678-3669
e-mail: sales@davisnet.com
http://www.davisinstruments.com/index.htm

Spectrum Technologies
23839 W. Andrew Road
Plainfield, IL 60544
1-800-248-8873
e-mail:spectmeter@aol.com
http://www.specmeters.com/index.htm

 

Nooksack IPM Beating Tray Dimensions and Design

Frame: 1/2" PVC Pipe
Cover: "Sunbrella" - available from Cook's Canvas, (360 384-1636

beating tray

 

       
 

G.W. Menzies & C.B. MacConnell, WSU Cooperative Extension Whatcom County
December 1999

Funded in part by: Washington State Department of Ecology through U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Section 319 Funds