1. Sudeep A. Mathew Extension Educator UME - Dorchester County Joseph A. Fiola, Ph.D. Specialist in Viticulture and Small Fruit University of Maryland Extension

2. Integrated Crop Management for New Vineyards Sudeep A. Mathew Extension Educator UME - Dorchester Couny Joseph A. Fiola, Ph.D. Specialist in Viticulture and Small Fruit University of Maryland Extension Basics of Pest Management

3. Disease Management for New Vineyards Sudeep A. Mathew Extension Educator University of Maryland Extension Dorchester County Cambridge, Maryland Basics of Pest Management

4. IPM/SVP/ICM Program Components A “Whole Plant Health Care Plan” Disease/Insect Management monitoring/trapping forecasting control choices pesticides/mating disruption Weed Management cultivation cover crops Other Pests birds, deer Cultural Practices site selection site preparation soil management cultivar selection cultural practices canopy management nutrition Basics of Pest Management

5. “The most important thing you can put into the vineyard is your footprints!” Basics of Pest Management

6. Proximity to Woods Basics of Pest Management Increased pressure from: Wildlife - habitat Insects - wild vines Diseases - reduced air movement

7. Basics of Pest Management Bio-Renovation Program http://www.grapesandfruit.umd.edu/Pages/biorenovationsmallfruitsfs.pdf Increase organic matter Nutrition Nitrogen and nutrient holding capacity Herbicide efficacy Reduction/elimination of residual herbicides adsorption of herbicides Reduction of plant pathogenic nematodes direct competition vector of virus diseases Control perennial weeds

8. Basics of Pest Management ©Howard Ferris, 1999. Used by permission of author. Sourced from: http://plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu/Nemaplex Left: grapevine roots damaged by lesion nematodes Right: a healthy root system Nematode Damage

9. Major Grapevine Diseases in the Mid-Atlantic Basics of Pest Management Black Rot Powdery Mildew Downy Mildew Phomopsis Botrytis and Late Season Rots

10. Vineyard Floor Management Black Rot

12. Vineyard Floor Management Powdery Mildew

14. Vineyard Floor Management Downy Mildew

16. Vineyard Floor Management Phomopsis Cane and Leaf

18. Botrytis Basics of Pest Management

19. Botrytis Basics of Pest Management

20. Late-Season Rots Photos: James W. Travis, by permission Ripe Rot Bitter Rot Macrophoma Rot Sour Rot Basics of Pest Management

21. Canopy Management Basics Benefits of Proper Canopy Management Decreased Disease Early drying of canopy – air movement Increased penetration of pesticides Improved coverage of pesticides Earlier ripening

22. Black rot Phomopsis Powdery mildew Downy mildew Botrytis bunch rot Late-season rots Grape Disease Management Season in MidAtlantic Basics of Pest Management

23. Early to Mid-Season Program TimingTargetFungicide New shoots (start at ½ -1”) 3–4 sprays Black rot (BR), Phomopsis (Ph), PM, DM Mancozeb plus a PM fungicide (sulfur, oil, an SI, Quintec, Endura) Pre-bloom to post-bloom 3 sprays; 1 or 2 for Botrytis BR, Ph, PM, DM Botrytis Above program plus: Elevate or Vangard/Scala OR Pristine plus a DM fungicide* *Captan or a phosphorous acid (phosphite) Basics of Pest Management

24. Pest Management Basics Sprayer Types Air-blast Re-circulating boom/air-blast

25. Basics of Pest Management Reference Materials A Pocket Guide for Grape IPM Scouting in the North Central & Eastern U.S. Guidelines for Developing an Effective Fungicide Spray Program for Wine Grapes in Maryland, 2012 (January 2012)—section on non-bearing vineyards Home Fruit Production Guide, MD EB 125. Available for $8.00+ S&H from UMD Home & Garden Info Center: www.hgic.umd.edu Other University pest management guides (Cornell-Penn State, Virginia Tech)—commercial and home gardening Dr. Wayne Wilcox, Cornell—annual notes on disease control APS Compendium of Grape Diseases