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Pest management advice for commercial fruit production

Watch of late season apple pests
Amy Irish-Brown
MSU-E educator

August 19, 2008 -- There are several insects that can cause injury to apples late in the season, particularly in blocks that have poor weed control. This year growers are trying to keep their expenses down given the rough looking hail-pecked apples that are all too common. Read more.

ReTain use on apples in stress years
Philip Schwallier
Clarksville Horticultural Research Station Coordinator

August 19, 2008 -- ReTain is a very useful growth regulator on apples that has the following benefits. ReTain needs to be applied 30 days before anticipated harvest to achieve the best results and highest effectiveness of the material. Full rate ReTain will delay maturity of most varieties seven to ten days and some very sensitive varieties up to 21 days. Read more.

Post-harvest is the optimal time for blueberry bud mite control
Rufus Isaacs and John Wise
Entomology

August 19, 2008 -- Over the past five years, blueberry bud mite (Acalitus vaccinii) has been identified as the cause of some problems with poor growth and low yield in Michigan blueberry fields. Sampling by grower groups, extension educators and the small fruit entomology program detected this pest across most of the major blueberry production regions in our state. Read more.

Management of bunch rot diseases in grapes
Annemiek Schilder
Plant Pathology

August 19, 2008 -- There are several late-season bunch rots that can affect wine grapes in Michigan. The most common of these is Botrytis bunch rot caused by Botrytis cinerea, the same fungus that causes gray mold in a number of other crops. Read more.

Agricultural labor statistics for summer 2008
Vera Bitsch
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

August 19, 2008 -- This July, the hourly wage for agricultural workers in the United States stood at $10.34, up 35 cents from a year ago. Field workers received $9.66, up 42 cents from a year ago. Livestock workers made $9.98, up 25 cents from a year ago. Read more.

MarketMaker links producers with agricultural businesses and consumers

August 19, 2008 -- Anyone in Michigan who grows, sells, processes or eats food now has a new resource to help them. Market Maker© locates producers, businesses and markets of food products, providing an important link between Michigan producers and their buyers including end-consumers. Read more.

The MSU IPM Program maintains this site as an access point to pest management information at MSU. The IPM Program is administered within the Department of Entomology, fueled by research from the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, delivered to citizens through MSU Extension, and proud to be a part of Project GREEEN.
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