-4- 



The results from these experiments are encouraging, but inconclusive. The results ob! 

 tained to date in Illinois and by other state and federal research agencies do not 

 warrant recommending benomyl for commercial application, Benomyl is not recommended 

 for the control of Dutch elm disease in Illinois . 



MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS 



Evaluation of corn rootworm control plots. Come to a "rootworm search party." We 

 will meet at the following locations to evaluate the performance of various soil in- 

 secticides in controlling corn rootworms. This will give you a chance to see the re- 

 sults of various treatments side by side. The sessions will start at 9:00 in the mor 

 ing, and be completed by mid-afternoon. Bring a pocket knife, too. 



July 13, Henderson County. The Ken Nimrick farm. Go 1-1/2 miles east of Stronghurst 

 on the south side of road. Call Curt Eisenmayer, Extension Adviser in Stron 

 hurst, for further information. (309)924-4071. 



July 14, Henderson County. The Dowell Brothers farm. Go 4 miles west and 1/2 mile 

 north of Stronghurst. 



July 17, McHenry County. The Robert Stoxen farm (9106 Lawrence Road, Harvard, Illinois 

 Go 1-1/4 miles north of Lawrence, Illinois. (Lawrence is 2 miles northwest j 

 Harvard). Call Louis M. Engelbrecht, Extension Adviser in Woodstock. 

 (815)338-3737. j 



July 18 and 19, Boone County. The Clyde Curtis farm. Go 1 mile north of the junctio: 

 of Routes 173 and 76, and 1-1/2 miles west of Route 76 on the Quail Trap Roa< 

 The farm is on the north side of the road. Call Wally Reynolds, Extension Ail 

 viser in Belvidere. (815)544-3710. ' 



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This weekly report was prepared as follows: 



INSECTS: H.B. Petty, Steve Moore, Roscoe Randell, Don Kuhlman, and Tim Cooley , Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , and the Illinois 

 Natural History Survey. 



WEEDS: Ellery Knake , Department of Agronomy. 



PLANT DISEASES: M.C. Shurtleff and Ed Burns, Department of Plant Pathology. 



AG COMMUNICATIONS: Ray Noodis . 



The information for this report was gathered by these people, staff members, county 

 Extension advisers, and others, in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research 

 Service, Plant Pest Control Branch. 



