IPM Information from AAIE Members

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Agriculture - Plants

  Biofixes 2010   Please send your biofix information.  The more locations and dates, the better.  Other sources indicated in extra  columns.
      California Red Scale  Trece    Nichiino Update     UC Citrus Info
      Citrus Peelminer                                               UC Citrus Info
      Citrus Cutworm                                                 UC Citrus Info
      Codling Moth            Trece            Sticky Notes: Kern  Tulare/Kings Fresno Madera/Merced  
      Green Fruitworm
      Grape Mealybug
      Grape leafhopper & variegated leafhopper
      Lecanium Scale
      Navel Orangeworm                        Sticky Notes: Kern  Tulare/Kings Fresno Madera/Merced
      Oblique Banded Leafroller              Sticky Notes: Kern  Tulare/Kings Fresno Madera/Merced
      Omnivorous Leafroller     AgQuest  Sticky Notes: Kern  Tulare/Kings Fresno Madera/Merced
      Oriental Fruit Moth    Trece            Sticky Notes: Kern  Tulare/Kings Fresno Madera/Merced
      Peach Twig Borer     Trece            Sticky Notes: Kern  Tulare/Kings Fresno Madera/Merced
      Raisin Moth                                 Sticky Notes: Kern  Tulare/Kings Fresno Madera/Merced
      San Jose Scale        Trece            Sticky Notes: Kern  Tulare/Kings Fresno Madera/Merced

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Agricultural Spray Adjuvants
     AAIE Adjuvant Wiki - View or help edit
     Adjuvants discussion in Ebeling, Walter. 1959. Subtropical Fruit Pests.
     See also AAIE Links page under Adjuvant Information

Chemicals - Conventional (post experiences and opinions)

Chemicals - Organic (post experiences and opinions)
       Seacide (fish oil)

Blueberry IPM
       Blueberry IPM. NEW 2008
       Blueberry comments 2008

Cane Berry IPM  
      Symphylans in raspberries.

Citrus IPM
      Ants damaging mandarin oranges. 2007
      Chlorotic dieback, unidentified.
      Citrus leafminer after freeze. 2007
      Rincon Vitova will buy Vedalia beetles.
      Sulfur trials for Citricola scale.

  Cotton IPM

   

  Grape IPM
      General Arthropods
        Making the dust settle with low sulfur. August 2003.

      Beetles
        Grape cane borer and grape rootworm beetle.

      Mealybugs
        Control ants for real control. May 2003. AAIE Corner, GrapeGrower Magazine.  Devin Carroll 
        Givira moths and vine mealybug. REVISED 2007.
        How a red Braconid wasp helps control vine mealybug. 2009 Devin Carroll
        Little Brown Mealybug Destroyer. 2007.
        Living with mealybugs, vine and otherwise.  Laura Breyer, in Practical Winery and Vineyard. 2006.
        Mealybug IPM basics. March 2003 AAIE Corner, GrapeGrower Magazine.  Devin Carroll
        Mealybug biocontrol. April 2003. AAIE Corner, GrapeGrower Magazine.  Devin Carroll
        Predaceous gall midge on grape mealybug.
        Predators- Do They Eat Mealybugs?
        Spring Mountain Vineyard Pioneers Experimental Vine Mealybug Treatment WinesandVines.com Feb. 2007
        Vine mealybug populations increase with heavy sulfur.
        Which mealybug is it, why should you care? Lucia Varella et al., in Practical Winery and Vineyard. 2006
        See also the Vine Mealybug Conference 2007 in the Members Only section.

      Mites
        Bud mites cause real damage in grapes.  Devin Carroll
        Bud mite control, articles from Australia.
        Bud mites and damage to spurs, pictures from South Africa
        Bud mite comments 2008
        Bud mite control observations, Movento, Danitol, Sulfur.  2009
        Predatory mites, resistance-bred vs. wild type.  2008
        Willamette mite literature review.

      Moths & caterpillars.
        European grapevine moth - Lobesia. 2009
        Raisin moth is not easy to control.
        Raisin moth discussion - 2009
        Skeletonizer seems to be emerging later. 2008
        Skeletonizer virus NEW 2008

      Scale
       Give soft scale the boot. June 2003. AAIE Corner, GrapeGrower Magazine.  Devin Carroll

      Spiders
       Black widow biology and control. 2006 MS Thesis Pedro Hernandez. Posted 2009 
       Spider eggs delay grape shipments.  Devin Carroll & Dennis Haines 2009
       Spiders in San Joaquin Valley Vineyards.  Devin Carroll  revised 2010
       Weaving a web of vineyard spiders.  July 2003. AAIE Corner, GrapeGrower Magazine.  Devin Carroll

      Thrips
        Beware grape thrips.

      Wasps
        Wasps Fill Spur Nests with Aphids. 2007
        Yellow jackets in grapes.

      Diseases
        Black fungal spot mystery. 2009 
        Grapevine trunk diseases in California. R.D. Gubler et. al, in Practical Winery and Vineyard. 2005
        Organic mildew control without sulfur.  2010 discussion
        Strategies to control powdery mildew.  Wayne Wilcox, in Practical Winery and Vineyard. 2003


      Horticulture
       Fruitfulness low for 2006 season.
       Fruitfulness, GA and IAA
       Grape bud fruitfulness: How is it determined? Devin Carroll (.pdf)    Revised 2008

  Nut tree IPM (almond, pecan, pistachio, walnut)
     Ant baits - loosing efficacy? 2009
     Black Walnuts and codling moth. 2009
     Darking beetles eat almond nuts on ground.
     Ethrel substitute for organic walnuts? Does anybody know one?
     Frosted scale on walnuts.
     Leaffooted plant bugs 2006
     Leaffooted plant bugs hatching, timing question. 2007
     Nulure addition degrades spinosad.  2007
     Peach twig borer eating flowers on almonds.
     Pistachio minor pests.  2009
     PTB bad almond problems in 2005.
     PTB flight seems to start early.  2009
     What are these big spots on the trunk?

  Persimmon IPM 
     Persimmon IPM in the San Joaquin Valley Devin Carroll 2010

  Pomefruit IPM (apple, pear, quince)
      DA lures and other alternate codling moth control.  2009

  Pomegranate IPM
      Pomegranate Pest ManagementDevin Carroll et al. 2007
      Filbert worms in pomegranates
      Imidacloprid restrictions in pomegranates.  2009
      Success & Entrust no longer legal in pomegranates.  2009

  Stonefruit IPM (apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach, plum)
      Aphids and their natural enemies on stonefruit in the San Joaquin Valley. Devin Carroll    2007
      Organic earwig control  2007
      Mites damage baby fruit, similar to thrips. 2007
          Responses 2007
      Peach Tree Borer problem. 2008
      Predatory mites in stonefruit

  Vegetable IPM

Agriculture – Livestock

Medical entomology (mosquitoes, wasps, ticks, etc.)

     Bedbugs

     Mosquitos
         West Nile virus control.

     Wasps
         Help!  Yellow Jackets on five acres! With several responses.

Urban IPM

  Structural (termites, cockroaches, ants, etc.)

     Ants
         Key to most common ants in the Fresno area. Ingrid Carmean.

  Landscape

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