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A REPORT ON THE I985 APPLE IPM PROGRAM 



William M. Col i and Ronald J. Prokopy 

 Department of Entomology 

 University of Massachusetts 



and 



Daniel R. Cooley 

 department of Plant Pathology 

 University of Massachusetts 



Acknowlegements ; We wish to thank Bill and Henry Broderick, Dave Lynch, 

 Dana Clark, Jesse and Wayne Rice, Ed Roberts, Sr., and Tony Rossi for their 

 cooperation. We also wish to thank Glenn Morin and Robin Spitko (NEFCO), 

 Doug Roberts, and Clarence Boston for their scouting reports which were 

 included in the weekly pest messages on several occasions. Special thanks 

 to Sue Butkewich and to Kathleen Leahy for all-purpose technical assistance. 



In 1985, the Extension Apple IPM Program continued to focus on grower 

 education, with emphasis on the twice-weekly pest alert messages, refining 

 monitoring techniques for apple pests, updates on chemical control measures 

 including effects on non-targets, and problems with pesticide resistance, 

 drift, and groundwater contamination. 



Program funding was provided in part by U.S.D.A., Smith-Lever 3(d) Pest 

 Management, by the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture, and by 

 contributions totalling $2,360 received from hO Massachusetts apple growers. 

 We wish to thank these and other growers for their continued support of and 

 interest in IPM. 



University Extension Entomology (Prokopy, Col i , Leahy) and Plant 

 Pathology (Cooley) staff and Northeastern Regional Fruit Agent James 

 Williams monitored weather, arthropods, and pathogens affecting tf-ee fruit 

 in Massachusetts on a weekly or twice weekly basis, at six locations in the 

 state: Wilbraham, Granville, Ashfield, Sterling, Stow, and Belchertown. In 

 addition, at various times during the season, private scout/consultants (New 

 England Fruit Consultants, Boston IPM, and Doug Roberts) supplied us with 

 pest information gained from their own observations. All information was 

 used to write twice-weekly pest alert messages (from April 12 to August 27) 

 which were available to all the state's growers through Regional Agent 

 Newsletters and 2k hour recorded phone messages. In I985, usage of the 

 recorded phone message system was approximately at the previous year's 

 levels, although a precise tally of calls made is not possible due to equip- 

 ment malfunctions on two occasions in the western region. 



Staff gave a total of 3k Extension talks throughout the year, many of 

 which provided growers with pesticide certification training credits. Over 

 60 orchard site visits were also made, assessing pest problems faced by 

 small and large commerical orchardists. Many telephone inquires were 

 received and responded to during the year. In addition, 5 Fr uit Notes 

 articles, 3 talks published in the Proceedings of the New England Fruit 

 Meetings , and I8 scientific journal articles (in press or in print) were 

 written, as was the 24-page Annual March Message , co-authored this year for 

 the first time with Dr. Rick Weires of the Hudson Valley Lab. 



