A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable
News (Volume 14, number 16) has been posted on
the web. To reach the home page for the Illinois
Fruit and Vegetable News (with links to all
issues and additional resources), use the following link:
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html
For direct access to issue 14:16 use the following link:
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/volume14/frveg1416.html.
Note that a pdf file of this issue is available for those who wish to print it.
Contents of Issue 14:16:
Upcoming Programs (IL-IA Fruit and Veg
Conference, Illiana Veg School, Illinois
Specialty Crops and Agritourism Conference, and a
list of January-March extension programs)
Regional Updates (from Elizabeth Wahle
including notes on strawberries and apple diseases and from Maurice Ogutu)
Notes from Chris Doll (apple harvest, strawberry
management, winter pruning, orchard mowing)
Fruit Production and Pest Management (apple diseases in 2008)
University of Illinois Extension Specialists in
Fruit & Vegetable Production & Pest Management
Upcoming Programs
* Illinois/Iowa Fruit and Vegetable
Symposium, Friday November 21, 2008
Scott
County Extension Office Bettendorf, Iowa.
Registration is $25 per person. For more
information, contact Maurice Ogutu
(<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED])
or refer to this web
site:
<http://www.extension.iastate.edu/johnson/news/fruitandvegemtg.htm>http://www.extension.iastate.edu/johnson/news/fruitandvegemtg.htm
* Illiana Vegetable Growers School, January
6, 2009
Teibels Restaurant in Schererville,
IN. Contact Liz Maynard
(<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED])
or Maurice Ogutu
(<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]) for more information.
* Illinois Specialty Crops and Agritourism
Conference, January 7-9, 2009
Crowne Plaza,
Springfield, IL. In addition to concurrent
program tracks on fruits, vegetables, herbs, and
agritourism and marketing January 8 and 9, three
full-day workshops will be held on January 7;
topics for these workshops are pumpkin production
and marketing, biological control in greenhouses
and high tunnels, and federal grant-writing
basics. For more details, stay tuned to future
issues of his newsletter, or contact Diane
Handley of the Illinois Specialty Growers
Association at 309-557-2107 or <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
* And more information will follow on the
following programs (and more), but mark your calendars
* Midwest Organics Conference (in
conjunction with the Indiana Horticultural
Congress), January 21-22, 2009Indianapolis, IN
* Illinois Horseradish Growers School,
January 21-22, 2009, Collinsville, IL
* Southern Illinois Tree Fruit School,
February 3, 2009, Mt. Vernon, IL
* Southwestern Illinois Tree Fruit
School, February 4, 2009, Hardin, IL
* Southern Illinois Vegetable Growers
School, February 11, 2009. Mt. Vernon, IL
* Stateline Fruit and Vegetable
Conference, February 16, 2009, Harvard, IL
* Kankakee Area Vegetable Growers School,
February 18, 2009, Kankakee, IL
* Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners
Association, February 19-21, Springfield, IL
* Illinois Small Fruit and Strawberry
School, March 3-4, 2009, Mt. Vernon, IL
Rick Weinzierl
Richard A. Weinzierl, Professor and Extension Entomologist
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
S-522 Turner Hall, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Ph. 217-333-6651
