May 24, 1999 Volume 8 No. 10

Coming Events & Current Situation

Scaffolds is published weekly from March to September by Cornell University -- NYS Agricultural Experiment Station (Geneva), and Ithaca -- with the assistance of Cornell Cooperative Extension.

New York field reports welcomed. Send submissions by 3 p.m. Monday to:

Scaffolds Fruit Journal

Editors: A. Agnello, D. Kain

Dept. of Entomology, NYSAES

Geneva, NY 14456-0462

Phone: 315-787-2341 FAX: 315-787-2326

Scaffolds 99 index

COMING EVENTS

 

43F

50F

Current DD accumulations (Geneva 1/1-5/24):

592

320

(Geneva 1998 1/1-5/24):

783

456

(Geneva "Normal" 1/1-5/24):

552

292

(Hudson 3/17-5/24):

612

312

 

Coming Events:

Ranges:

 

American plum borer 1st flight peak

360-962

134-601

Lesser appleworm 1st flight peak

372-851

181-483

Mullein bug hatch complete

532-720

252-390

Oriental fruit moth 1st flight peak

259-606

96-298

Plum curculio oviposition scars present

448-670

232-348

San Jose scale 1st flight peak

581-761

308-449

Spotted tentiform leafminer 1st flight peak

180-544

65-275

Spotted tentiform leafminer sap-feeders present

295-628

130-325

White apple leafhopper nymphs present

236-708

123-404

 

Phenologies (Geneva): Apple (McIntosh):

King Fruit @ 1/2"

(Delicious):

King Fruit @ Fruit Set

Pear (Bartlett) :

King Frluit @ 1/2"

Sweet Cherry (Windsor):

Shucks Off

Tart Cherry (Montmorency):

Shucks Off

Peach:

Shucks Off

TRAP CATCHES (Number/trap/day)

Geneva:

5/10

5/13

5/17

5/24

Spotted Tentiform Leafminer

663

399

157

53.7

Redbanded Leafroller

5.6

0.8

3.4

2.5

Oriental Fruit Moth

51

55

44

40.7

Lesser Appleworm

18.1

32.0

39.8

6.4

San Jose Scale

0.0

0.0

0.4*

0.1

Codling Moth

0.0

0.3*

23.3

16.4

American Plum Borer

0.4*

0.2

0.4

1.5

Lesser Peachtree Borer

0.0

0.0

1.0*

1.5

         
Highland (Dick Straub, Peter Jentsch):

4/26

5/3

5/10

5/15

Spotted Tentiform Leafminer

13.2

19.9

16.3

5.4

Redbanded Leafroller

20.2

18.4

14.9

7.6

Oriental Fruit Moth

0.2*

3.4

5.6

1.2

Codling Moth

0.0

0.1*

0.1

0.1

Lesser Appleworm

-

0.1*

0.2

0.9

European Red Mite (#/leaf)

0.2*

10.0

18.0

11.0

San Jose Scale

-

-

0.0

0.0

European red mite (eggs/leaf)

-

-

0.0

45.2*

* = 1st catch

PEST FOCUS

Geneva: 1st catch of Codling Moth = 5/13. DD (base 50F) accumulated

since then = 125.

Hudson: San Jose Scale trap catch increasing.

American Plum Borer and Lesser Peachtree Borer numbers

increasing in peach and cherry.

1st Peachtree Borer caught.

Past Coming Events: 4/5 | 4/12 | 4/19 | 4/26 | 5/3 | 5/10 | 5/17

5/24 Diseases