A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 13, number 2)
has been posted on the web.
To reach the home page for the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (with
links to all issues and additional resources), use the following link:
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html
For direct access to issue 13:2, use the following link:
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/volume13/frveg1302.html .
Note that a pdf file of this issue is available for those who wish to print it.
Contents of Issue 13:2:
Upcoming Programs
Regional Updates (from Elizabeth Wahle, Jeff Kindhart, and Maurice Ogutu)
Degree-day Accumulations
Notes from Chris Doll (rapid start to spring, Ethrel in peaches, OFM
captures on March 27, death of John Tanner)
Fruit Production and Pest Management (Tree Fruit Field Guide, periodical
cicada in northern IL, insecticides for apples, oriental fruit moth flight
underway)
Vegetable Production and Pest Management (Dec - Feb temperatures and
Stewarts wilt predictions for sweet corn)
University of Illinois Extension Specialists in Fruit & Vegetable
Production & Pest Management
Upcoming Programs
* Jersey County Orchard Twilight Meeting, April 17, 2007, 6:00 p.m.,
Joe Ringhausen Orchard, 67 S. State Street (US 67), Jerseyville.
* Tri-State Organic IP Video Series: Insect and Disease Management in
Organic Vegetables, April 19, 2007, 5:00 7:30 p.m.; this is the third of
five sessions to be held from February through November; several sites
throughout Illinois serve as host locations for each session. For more
information, contact Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant at 217-968-5512 or
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED], or check the web site at
<https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/default.cfm?RegistrationID=510>https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/default.cfm?RegistrationID=510
* Calhoun County Orchard Twilight Meeting, May 22, 6:00 p.m., Murrays
Orchard, just north of Mosier, IL. From Hardin, go north to Kampsville,
and turn left (west) on State Route 96. Follow the right hand turn to stay
on State Route 96, and then turn right onto Crooked Creek Road (at the
white church on corner). Go about a ¼ mile, and Murrays Orchard is the
first driveway on the right.
Rick Weinzierl
Richard A. Weinzierl, Professor and Extension Entomologist
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
S-522 Turner Hall, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Ph. 217-333-6651
