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Fruit IPM Links
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Fruit Pages
Check my other page of links for other state's information.
Current crop, pest and disease conditions in Southwest Michigan
fruit crops are reported in the Southwest Michigan Fruit Update
page at this website. (Meetings and Archives).
The MSU Fruit Crop Advisory Team Alert in posted on the Internet. This newsletter is weekly at the beginning to the season and then every other week into harvest. The articles are usually about a particular insect pest or disease.
MSU's Fruit IPM Web Site has links to many MSU resources and you can search of back issues of MSU's (Crop Advisory Team) Newsletter available on the web.
MSU Weather Products
Weather and IPM information at the Enviroweather site allows growers to
use the automated weather system to run predicative disease and insect models to help them
control these pests.
Michigan Growers should check out the MSU Ag
Weather Pages,
The Michigan Automated Weather System MAWN.
Fire blight was very common in 2000
Trevor Nichols Research Complex posts their Insect Trap Data
The Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station, posts a weekly update and newsletter.
Phil Schwallier and Amy Irish-Brown report the Clarksville Extension Index for the Peach Ridge area near Grand Rapids
Many Fruit bulletins are available as for purchase or as PDF files, Search The MSUE Bulletin Office for Commercial Fruit and download or order new bulletins
During the growing season, an insect scouting and plant disease
prediction program along the Lake Michigan shore is maintained and the results are
disseminated by;
weekly Monday Fruit Update Meetings,
the fruit Code-A-Phone (269) 657-8217,
MSU's Fruit CAT Alert,
a SW Fruit Fax Newsletter,
weekly radio updates,
and this web site.
Archives of past reports for Southwest Michigan are a good way to check on pest and disease problems at a specific time of year be sure the the growing degrees at the beginning of the report are similar to the current ones or the ones you wish to compare. Insects and plant diseases don't follow the calendar as well as people. Suggestions and comments are always welcome. Call or Email Mark Longstroth.
