Integrated Pest Management for Raspberries

The authors wish to express their appreciation to all members of the Nooksack IPM Project Advisory Committee for taking the time to attend meetings and to comment specifically on this document as it was being drafted. Input from the advisory committee through all phases of this project has been a critical ingredient in the advancement of IPM in raspberries and this document in particular.

We are also appreciative of the following individuals for their technical review:

Art Antonelli  Pete Bristow  Sheila Fitzpatrick Lynell Tanigoshi

WSU Extension Entomologist, Puyallup, WA WSU Plant Pathologist, Puyallup, WA Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Entomologist, Aggasiz, B.C., Canada WSU Research/Extension Entomologist, Vancouver, WA

We are particularly grateful to those raspberry growers and advisors who cooperated with the IPM Mentoring task of the Nooksack IPM Project which allowed us to test these sampling procedures.

Brian Cieslar  Randy Honcoop  Tena Ondeck

Tri-Fruit, Lynden, WA Lynden, WA Lynden, WA

Through their general support of the Nooksack IPM Project in numerous ways, the following individuals have in one way or another made contributions which have influenced and added to this manual. Thanks to:

Malika Bounfour	WSU, Pullman, WA
Derek Gavette	Whatcom Farmers Cooperative, Lynden, WA
Patrik Hertzog	WSU Lynden Satellite Facility, Lynden WA
Bob Huber	Wolfkill Feed and Fertilizer, Lynden, WA
Curt Maberry	Curt Maberry Farm, Inc., Lynden, WA
Steve Midboe	Whatcom Farmers Cooperative, Lynden, WA
Todd Murray	WSU Technician Entomologist, Bellingham, WA
Dick Nydam	NV Berries, Lynden, WA
Gretchen Ondeck	summer field technician, Bellingham, WA
Faith Potter	Best Sulfur Products, Fresno, CA
Martin Verbree	NV Berries, Lynden, WA
Ladd Shumway	Deming, WA

A special thanks to Cho-Cai Chan, Sheila Fitzpatrick, Dave Gillespie, Wes McDiarmid, Dave Raworth and particularly Jim Troubridge for providing numerous scanned slide images which were incorporated into this manual. All images provided by the above are courtesy of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, reproduced with permission of Public Works and Government Services Canada. Finally, a very special thanks to Becky Peterson, WSU Cooperative Extension, Whatcom County for her invaluable assistance in the layout and design of this manual.