IPM Information from AAIE Members
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Agriculture - Plants
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California Red Scale Trece Field Reporter Nichiino Update UC Citrus Info
Citrus Peelminer UC Citrus Info
Citrus Cutworm UC Citrus Info
Codling Moth Trece Field Reporter Sticky Notes-Kern Stickey Notes-Fresno/Tulare
Grape leafhopper & variegated leafhopper
Navel Orangeworm Sticky Notes-Kern Stickey Notes-Fresno/Tulare
Oblique Banded Leafroller Sticky Notes-Kern Stickey Notes-Fresno/Tulare
Omnivorous Leafroller AgQuest Sticky Notes-Kern Stickey Notes-Fresno/Tulare
Oriental Fruit Moth Trece Field Reporter Sticky Notes-Kern Stickey Notes-Fresno/Tulare
Peach Twig Borer Trece Field Reporter Sticky Notes-Kern Stickey Notes-Fresno/Tulare
Raisin Moth Sticky Notes-Kern Stickey Notes-Fresno/Tulare
San Jose Scale Trece Field Reporter Sticky Notes-Kern Stickey Notes-Fresno/Tulare
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Agricultural Spray Adjuvants
AAIE Adjuvant Wiki - View or help edit
Adjuvants discussion in Ebeling, Walter. 1959. Subtropical Fruit Pests. NEW
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 Arthropod IPM
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.
Little Brown Mealybug Destroyer. NEW 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
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 (.pdf)
Bud mite control, articles from Australia.
Bud mites and damage to spurs, pictures from South Africa
Bud mite comments 2008
Predatory mites, resistance-bred vs. wild type. NEW 2008
Willamette mite literature review.
Moths & caterpillars.
Raisin moth is not easy to control.
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 NEW 2009
Spiders in San Joaquin Valley Vineyards. Devin Carroll NEW 2009
Weaving a web of vineyard spiders. July 2003. AAIE Corner, GrapeGrower Magazine. Devin Carroll
Thrips
Wasps
Wasps Fill Spur Nests with Aphids. 2007
Yellow jackets in grapes.
Diseases
Grapevine trunk diseases in California. R.D. Gubler et. al, in Practical Winery and Vineyard. 2005
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)
Darking beetles eat almond nuts on ground.
Ethrel substitute for organic walnuts? Does anybody know one?
Frosted scale on walnuts.
Leaffooted plant bugs hatching, timing question. 2007
Nulure addition degrades spinosad. 2007
Peach twig borer eating flowers on almonds.
PTB bad almond problems in 2005.
What are these big spots on the trunk?
Pomefruit IPM (apple, pear, quince)
Pomegranate IPM
Pomegranate Pest Management. Devin Carroll et al. 2007
Filbert worms in pomegranates
Success & Entrust legal in pomegranates. 2007
Stonefruit IPM (apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach, plum)
Aphids and their natural enemies on stonefruit in the San Joaquin Valley. Devin Carroll 2007
Mites damage baby fruit, similar to thrips. 2007
Responses 2007
Peach Tree Borer problem. 2008
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
Employment
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