25 June 2024

On this week’s episode, I speak with Dr. Awais Khan, an associate professor and geneticist at Cornell Agritech about his sabbatical trip to the point of origin of apple, Kerik about captan being under review by EPA and other topics, and Anna gives us our weekly state of the state update on degree days and trap captures.  Phenology & DDs for NY NEWA Stations from 1/1 - 6/24 Station || Stage || DD 43F || Weekly Rainfall (in) Geneva || fruit sizing || 1614 || 0.9 Highland (HVRL) || fruit sizing || 1728 || 2.28 Clifton Park || fruit sizing || 1585 || 1.09 Peru (Forrence) || fruit sizing || 1363 || 1.91 Medina - Inland || fruit sizing || 1568 || 0.54 Appleton North - Lake || fruit sizing || 1416 || 0.36 Fairville (The Apple Shed) - Inland || fruit sizing || 1508 || 0.13 Williamson (DeMarree) - Lake  || fruit sizing || 1511 || 0.17 *all DDs Baskerville-Emin, B.E __________________________________________________ Upcoming Pest Events Pest/Phenology Event || DD Base 43˚F || Approx. Date ERM Sample – 2.5 mites/leaf || 1-Jun OBLR traps set out || 1-Jun OBLR – 1st adult catch || 884 ± 90 || 9-Jun ± 6 days OFM – 1st flight ending || 825* ± 126* || 12-Jun ± 8 days Peachtree borer – 1st adult catch || 1032 ± 266 || 15-Jun ± 11 days San Jose scale – 1st flight ending || 1039 ± 182 || 16-Jun ± 8 days Black stem borer – 1st flight ending || 1056 ± 198 || 19-Jun ± 9 days STLM – 2nd gen. 1st adult catch || 1063 ± 91 || 16-Jun ± 6 days San Jose scale – 1st crawlers observed || 1124 ± 91 || 19-Jun ± 8 days Dogwood borer – 1st adult catch || 964 ± 230 || 12-Jun ± 9 days American plum borer – 1st flight ending || 1344 ± 144 || 29-Jun ± 7 days Apple Maggot Traps Set Out (in orchard) || 1-Jul" ERM Sample – 5.0 mites/leaf || 1-Jul Comstock mealybug tape traps set out || July 1 (ENY), July 15 (WNY) OFM – 2nd flight starting || 1180* ± 136* || 29-Jun ± 5 days OBLR Summer Gen. 1st Sample || 10-Jul ± 5 days STLM Summer Gen. 1st Sample || 9-Jul ± 7 days RBLR – 2nd flight starting || 1367 ± 105 || 29-Jun ± 6 days AM – 1st catch || 1509 ± 285 || 4-Jul ± 12 days Lesser peachtree borer – peak catch || 1234 ± 470 || 25-Jun ± 19 days STLM – 2nd flight peak || 1563 ± 207 || 6-Jul ± 8 days Codling moth – 1st flight ending || 1557 ± 262 || 6-Jul ± 12 days Peachtree borer – peak catch || 1579 ± 465 || 7-Jul ± 19 days Lesser appleworm – 2nd flight starting || 1768 ± 339 || 14-Jul ± 12 days OFM – 2nd flight peak || 1450* ± 147* || 11-Jul ± 9 days American plum borer – 2nd flight starting || 1850 ± 290 || 16-Jul ± 11 days RBLR – 2nd flight peak || 1721 ± 232 || 13-Jul ± 7 days San Jose scale – 2nd flight starting || 1804 ± 170 || 15-Jul ± 8 days Codling moth – 2nd flight starting || 1887 ± 313 || 20-Jul ± 13 days Dogwood borer – peak catch || 1611 ± 226 || 8-Jul ± 10 days STLM – 2nd flight ending || 2167 ± 177 || 28 Jul ± 8 days American plum borer – 2nd flight peak || 2290 ± 285 || 1-Aug ± 8 days OFM – 2nd flight ending || 2044* ± 233* || 31-Jul ± 7 days *Base temperature for OFM 45F Berry Pest Monitoring Network - NEW Blog! Quick Guides for SWD Management https://fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/management/  https://fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/  NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center