Tree Fruit: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

General

• How to Use NEWA - An Instructional Video
• How to Use NEWA Printable Handout
• NEWA - Tools for IPM by Dr. Juliet Carroll, Cornell University, VTFGA/UVM Apple Workshop Presentation, Feb. 8, 2011
• Cornell's Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Tree Fruit Production
• Penn State University Tree Fruit Production Guide
• Scaffolds Fruit Journal
• VIDEO: Orchard IPM(University of Wisconsin)
• VIDEO: Common sense IPM(University of Nebraska)
• VIDEO: Summer tips (Michigan State University)
• VIDEO: Organic Apple Production - A Beginner's Guide (ATTRA)
• An IPM Checklist for Vermont
• Organic: An Organic IPM Checklist for Vermont
• A Synopsis of Key Diseases Affecting Apples
• Pest Management Considerations in Vermont Apple Orchards
• Organic: Practical Guide for Organic Apple Production -Organic Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Insects

• 2018 IPM 'Quick' Summary for Monitoring Apple Arthropod Pests
• Brown Marmorated Stinkbug in Vermont
• Does Surround Have Non-target Impacts on New England Orchards?
• Fact Sheets with color pictures (NYS IPM Program website)
• Apple IPM Manual: A Guide for Sampling and Managing Major Apple Pests in New York State ( NYS IPM Program website)
• Additional pictures and information on Insect Pests of Apples (Website on the Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide)
• Semiochemicals and their Use in Mating Disruption,Dr. Douglas Pfeiffer, VPI
• Early Season Pests by Dr. Art Agnello, Cornell University, VTFGA/UVM Apple Workshop Presentation, Feb. 8, 2011
• Summer Pests by Dr. Art Agnello, Cornell University, VTFGA/UVM Apple Workshop Presentation, Feb. 8, 2011
• "OP Alternatives in Apple Arthropod Management" by Dr. Art Agnello, Cornell University,VTFGA/UVM AppleWorkshop Presentation, Feb. 26, 2008
• VIDEO: Oil sprays, tarnished plant bug (TPB) sprays(University of Massachusetts)
• VIDEO: Oblique banded leafroller (OBLR) traps(University of Massachusetts)
• VIDEO: Leafminer and TPB traps (University of Massachusetts)
• VIDEO: Insect traps(University of Nebraska)

Diseases

• A Quicker Way to Determine Scab Risk in Your Orchard-- Lorraine Berkett, Proceedings of the 2003 New England Fruit School and Trade Show,Jan. 8-9, 2003, Sturbridge, MA., Vol. 109.
• Link to Market Diseases of Apples, Pears, and Quinces,Agricultural Handbook #376 (currently out of print; internet version has excellent photographs and descriptions)
• Fact Sheets with color pictures (NYS IPM Program website)
• Gallery of Disease Images of Tree Fruit Diseases(West Virginia University website)
• Index of Apple Disease photographs and biology (West Virginia University website)
• VIDEO: Fire blight(University of Massachusetts)
• VIDEO: Save early scab season sprays(University of Massachusetts)
• VIDEO: Potential Ascospore Dose (PAD) for scab(University of Massachusetts)
• VIDEO: Common diseases(University of Nebraska)
• Evaluation of Scab Resistant cultivars (SRC) Final Report written in 1997 may provide valuable insights into whether they are appropriate for your situation
• Update on Scab-Resistant Cultivars and Advanced Selections for Consideration in New Plantings by Dr. David Rosenberger, 1995

Beneficial Insects

• Beneficial Insect and Mites in Ontario Orchards (Factsheet with excellent pictures)
• Achieving Biological Control of the European Red Mite in Northeast Apple Orchards,NYS IPM Program
• Predatory Mites , NYS IPM Program
• Beneficial Insects, NYS IPM Program
• Predators of Aphids and Mites (Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide)
• Leafminer parasitoid- P.ornigis (Bio.Control:A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America website)
• Aphid predator- lacewings (Bio.Control:A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America website)
• Encouraging Biological Control in Vermont: The T.pyri Project, 1996-1997
• The T.pyri Project - 1998 Vermont Update

Pesticides, Spraying

• A Method to Measure the Environmental Impact of Pesticides, NYS IPM Program
• VIDEO: Sprayer calibration part 1, part 2(Cornell University)
• VIDEO: Personal protective equipment (PPE) for spraying(Michigan State University)
• Sprayer Calibration (from 1996/97 New England Apple Pest Management Guide)
• Organic: Practical Guide for Organic Apple Production -Organic Orchard Equipment

Organic

• Practical Guide for Organic Apple Production
• Apples: Organic Production Guide from the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural America (ATTRA)website.
• Considerations in Organic Apple Production from the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural America (ATTRA)website.
• Organic and Low Spray Apple Production from the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural America(ATTRA) website.
• What "Organically-Grown" Means -- according to the EPA
• TheUSDA National Organic Program website
• FYI - - Organic Programs from The Ohio State University Apple Disease Program. Please note that our pest complex and environmental conditions are somewhat different in Vermont but these programs offer information and insights on the challenges of arthropod and disease management.