Southwest Michigan, 2006 Grape IPM Meetings
There will be a series of Grape IPM meetings in Van Buren and Berrien
Counties again this year. The meetings will
be on Thursdays. The meeting dates are April 20, May 25 and July 13. The morning meeting
will be from 10 AM to noon at the Cronenwett Farm Shop at 70123 28th Street east of
Lawton. The afternoon meeting will be at the Berrien County MSU Extension Office at the
Southwest Michigan Research & Extension Center. These
meeting are Co-sponsored by National Grape Cooperative and MSU Extension and are open to
all grape growers. The format for the meetings will be a review of insect and disease
control in grapes specific to either early, mid or late season, focusing on the pests of
each season during that meeting.
The April 20, 2006 meeting will review prebloom insect and disease control.
The May 25 meeting will discuss bloom sprays.
July 13 meeting will cover late season insects and diseases.
Al Gaus and Mark Longstroth of MSU Extension and Terry Holloway of National Grape who will share the results of their scouting will host the meetings. Drs. Rufus Isaacs and Annemiek Schilder will the featured speakers and discuss current and upcoming pest control windows. RUP credits have been applied for private pesticide applicators and commercial fruit (1C).
