UMaine Extension: Insect Pests & Plant Diseases

APPLE Pest Management - General IPM & Apple Industry Links

General Pest Management Links

• “What is IPM?” (single page, useful handout to customers)
• More detailed IPM descriptions
• Apple-crop e-mail message group: Signing up for the list subscribes you to e-mail messages discussing commercial apple production by participants around the world.

Apple IPM Supplies

The following retailers offer catalog and online selection of pest monitoring tools, pesticide application equipment, and related supplies:

• Gempler’s
• Great Lakes IPM
• Orchard Equipment Supply in Conway, MA

Industry Contacts

• Maine Apple Orchard List
• Maine Farm stands selling apples
• Maine State Pomological Society
  Nomination for 2005 national IPM Award (PDF; Word)
• Maine Orchard Aerial Photos
• U.S. Apple Association
• Wholesale fruit market prices: note that apple prices show up under “Non-citrus”

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