A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 12, number 20)
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 12:20, use the following link:
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/volume12/frveg1220.html .
Note that a pdf file of this issue is available for those who wish to print it.
Contents of Issue 12:20:
Upcoming Programs
Notes from Chris Doll (cold weather, fertilizer comments, fruit size in
peaches, sensory characteristics of new apple cultivars)
Fruit Production and Pest Management (caring for new trees before
plantings, notes on peach leaf curl and fire blight )
Vegetable Production and Pest Management (over-wintering soybean aphid
populations, western bean cutworm, corn earworm insecticide evaluations )
University of Illinois Extension Specialists in Fruit & Vegetable
Production & Pest Management
Upcoming Programs
please note the expanded discussions of these programs
following the bulleted listing below.
* Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting,
February 22-25, Hilton Hotel, downtown Springfield. Each day will focus on
a particular aspect of the grape and wine industry: Thursday will be
marketing; Friday, enology; Saturday, viticulture; and Sunday will be
reserved for the IGGVA business meeting. Check the program at
<http://www.illinoiswine.com/pdf_forms/2007reg-agenda.pdf>http://www.illinoiswine.com/pdf_forms/2007reg-agenda.pdf.
* Illinois Small Fruit & Strawberry Schools, February 27-28, 2007, at
the Holiday Inn, Mt. Vernon, IL. Contact Jeff Kindhart
(<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Bronwyn Aly
(<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]), 618-695-2444.
* Tri-State Organic IP Video Series, March 15, 2007, 5:00 7:30 p.m.;
this is the second of five sessions to be held from February through
November). Contact Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant at 217-968-5512 or
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED], or check the web site at
<https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/default.cfm?RegistrationID=510>https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/default.cfm?RegistrationID=510
* Commercial General Standards Pesticide Training in English and
Spanish, March 22-23, 2007, St. Claire County Extension Office. For
details, contact the St. Claire UI Extension Office at 618-236-4172 or by
email at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
