Crop Profile
- Grapes Crop Profile General production information, cultural practices, worker activities, insect, mite, and nematode pests and their control, diseases and their control, non-chemical pest management measures, weed management are detailed in the profile.
Pest Management Strategic Plan
- Grapes PMSP PMSP from a 2012 workshop to gather input from growers, wine grape Extension specialists, and Extension agents from Virginia and North Carolina in order to identify critical pest management needs in the wine grape industry. The PMSP outlines the management practices used in vineyards along with the pests and diseases that are most troubling to the wine grape industry and community.
IPM Elements
- IPM Elements for Wine Grapes in Virginia and North Carolina (Virginia Tech and NC State University)
Production
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- Grapes (NC State Viticulture Portal) Website with information on all aspects of grape production including news and updates, pest management, marketing, cultivars, and freeze damage. On the resources pages there are additional publications of interest.
- Bunch Grape Grower Information (Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium)
- Muscadine Grower Information (Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium)
Diseases
- Southeast Regional Bunch Grape Integrated Management Guide A guide from the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium that addresses disease, insect and weed control for bunch grapes, providing information on specific pests, problems and recommended treatment programs, including spray rates.
- Southeast Regional Muscadine Grape Integrated Management Guide A guide from the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium that addresses disease, insect and weed control for Muscadine grapes, providing information on specific pests, problems and recommended treatment programs, including spray rates and cultural practices.
- Muscadine Grape Diseases and Their Control (NC State Plant Pathology Extension) Symptoms of major diseases, and their cultural and chemical control
Insects
- Southeast Regional Bunch Grape Integrated Management Guide A guide from the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium that addresses disease, insect and weed control for bunch grapes, providing information on specific pests, problems and recommended treatment programs, including spray rates.
- Southeast Regional Muscadine Grape Integrated Management Guide A guide from the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium that addresses disease, insect and weed control for Muscadine grapes, providing information on specific pests, problems and recommended treatment programs, including spray rates and cultural practices.
Weeds
- Southeast Regional Bunch Grape Integrated Management Guide A guide from the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium that addresses disease, insect and weed control for bunch grapes, providing information on specific pests, problems and recommended treatment programs, including spray rates.
- Southeast Regional Muscadine Grape Integrated Management Guide A guide from the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium that addresses disease, insect and weed control for Muscadine grapes, providing information on specific pests, problems and recommended treatment programs, including spray rates and cultural practices.
Publications
- North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual The manual has ten main sections: I. Pesticide use and safety information II. Chemical application equipment III. How to send specimens for disease, insect, and weed identification IV. Fertilizer use V. Insect control VI. Insect and disease control of fruits VII. Chemical weed control VIII. Plant growth regulators IX. Animal damage control X. Disease control Detailed information on controlling pests of field crops, forage crops, grains, fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, turf, landscape, nursery, livestock, poultry, home garden, communities, and industrial sites is included.
- Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium This website has a variety of production publications on bunch and Muscadine grapes and includes a list of regional experts and issues of Small Fruit News.
