Fruit IPMin Michigan
Fruit IPM
in Michigan
General IPM Articles & Links to MSU IPM sites:
The MSU Fruit IPM Page has links to the Fruit CAT Alert which focuses on
Fruit IPM. It also includes a searchable database over the last 5 years. The Fruit CAT Alert is one of five
Crop Alert Team (CAT) IPM newsletters published during the growing season. The Fruit CAT
Alert newsletter is published and posted on the internet during the growing season.
A guide to the fruit growth stages used in the Fruit CAT Alert
is posted at this website. Growth stages are often used in scouting because the life
cycle of the host and pest are linked.
The Michigan Fruit Management Guide 2008, (E-154) includes the pest and disease control recommendations for the major fruit crops grown in Michigan.
Another publication is Fruit Crop Ecology and Management (E-2759) describes the ecology of perennial fruit production. Understanding the fruit production system allows growers to effectively manage their plantings
MSU publishes handy pocket guides for growers and scouts to quickly ID
pests in Apples, Grapes, Blueberries and Stone Fruit. A small fruit scouting guide
for raspberries and strawberries is due out soon.
These pocket guides have been expanded as crop specific information sites:
A listing of current MSUE Fruit bulletins and publications.
Michigan State University maintains an Automated Weather Station network (MAWN) and Disease and
Insect Models are available at the ENVIROWEATHER website
maintained by the MSU Agricultural
Weather Office.
The Northwest Station also has some good general articles
Trevor Nichols Research Complex
posts their Insect Trap Data Insect Fact sheets:Grape Diseases in Michigan (E-1732), with 19 color plates.
Disease Information:
Van Buren MSUE Fire Blight Page
The Mills Table is used to predict Apple Scab and is also useful for Pear Scab.
Fact sheet on Peach Leaf Curl
Fact sheet on Black Knot in Plums
See the specific commodities for more specific information, and look at links to other states web pages.
Michigan Apple Information.
Raspberry Information.
Michigan
Blueberry Information.
Michigan
Cherry Information.
Michigan Cranberry Information.
Michigan Grape IPM
Information.
Michigan Peach Information.
Michigan
Pear Information.
Michigan Plum Information.
Michigan Strawberry Information.
Extension Toxicology Network (EXTOXNET) is a joint effort of several land grant universities. It is an extensive database on pesticides and the environment.
