Virginia Grape Disease Updates

Updated: Links below are for the 2021 edition of Pest Management Guides. The first one is for home gardens, and the second is for commercial productions. I asked them to provide by chapter (= crop) and they made changes. :) 1) Visit the page by clicking one of the links below. (It is rather a slow page. Please be patient.) 2) Scroll down until you see "Links to individual chapters." Grapes are chapter 3 for both Home (Home Fruits) and Commercial Crops (Grapes) 3) Once you get to the site, click "PDF", then "Preview", and it will open a new window.  4) Scroll down a bit, and click "Download Version" to download the file to your computer.  2021 Home Grounds  Pest   Management   Guide 2021 Horticulture and Forest  Pest   Management   Guide

Here are links to the 2021 edition of Pest Management Guides. Unlike the past years, all the crops are combined together. (i.e., I cannot separate the grape section.) Once you get to the site, click "PDF", then "Preview", and it will open a new window. Then you need to click "Download Version" to download the file to your computer. Once the document is downloaded, you can search the document to find "grapes". 2021 Home Grounds  Pest   Management   Guide 2021 Horticulture and Forest  Pest   Management   Guide

As noted in the previous post, there will be a series of workshops coming up this and next month. March 16th (1 - 4 PM): Grape IPM workshop This is a lecture-style meeting where we cover topics in disease, insect, and weed management, WPS, and Viticulture March 31st (12 - 1:30 PM): Grape disease management workshop (in English) This workshop aims to help you plan your disease management plan. We will go over seasonal disease management together. April 1st (12 - 1:30 PM):  Grape disease management workshop (with Spanish translation) This workshop aims to help you plan your disease management plan. We will go over seasonal disease management together. April 9th (12 - 1:30 PM): GrapeIPM.org training This is a training session for a new online pesticide management and decision support system for grape growers. We will help you set up accounts and first vineyard(s), demonstrate key functions, etc. For the grape disease management workshops on 3/31 and 4/1 and grapeIPM.org training on 4/...

Thanks again to those of you who were able to attend my workshop last Friday. As we discussed, here is the slide set from my presentation (pdf, opens a new window) .  We are also planning to have several meetings in March and April. All will be online events. March 16th: Grape IPM workshop  March 31st: Grape disease management workshop (in English) April 1st:  Grape disease management workshop (in Spanish) April 9th: GrapeIPM.org (online pesticide management tool) workshop In the grape disease management workshops on 3/31 and 4/1 and grapeIPM.org workshop on 4/9, I will provide you a series of online lectures that you can watch before the meeting. At the meeting, I will go over the key items, and we will spend most of the time with Q and A and discussions. I will post more information and ask Tremain to distribute information once we have set time and format, so, please stay tuned.

I have updated my fungicide application template that I have been using for my fungicide guides. If you are interested in it, download it from this link.  This will open a new Google Doc page, which  says it is "View Only"; however, you can download the file. Select "File" from the top menu of Google Drive, and you will see the "Download As" submenu which has several options for the file type. Many thanks to Mr. Bob Romsey who shared the original template with me! Please note that this is just a template. Your program will differ based on what you see in your vineyard(s). Please use it with VCE's Pest Management guide or Southeastern IPM guide (linked under "Resouces"). Speaking of the Southeastern IPM guide, I created modified tables  that consist of a list of commonly used fungicides in the vineyard with their FRAC codes and fungicide resistance risks, and a template for the spray program. I hope these materials will help you organize your ...

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Thank you to those of you who were able to join our virtual meeting today. Please click this link for a copy of my presentation (will open a new window with a pdf file). The link to the trunk disease web application is here (will open a new window) . There was a discussion in the chatbox on Topsin-M's new federal label, which includes the paint and spray application to pruning wounds. This means that you no longer need to use the special (18c) label for the dormant application. Please click this link to download the new label for your record (will open a new window) , if you wish to use Topsin-M to protect pruning wounds. The label has been approved by the VDACS for use in Virginia. If you have vineyards in other states, please check with the local extension office. The list below shows upcoming meetings in the next few months. We will come up with dates for IPM workshops soon. Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum  Cornell and Penn State Extension are teaming up to create the Eas...