Current focus is on apple and strawberry.
This is achieved through demonstration of IPM and monitoring techniques to Minnesota growers. Data collected from pest monitoring sites selected throughout Minnesota are used to publish the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Apple and Strawberry Report . In order to help reduce the impact of the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act on Minnesota fruit industry to assist local apple growers to cope with the challenges of pest management in the new millennium, MDA's Biological Control Program initiated the Minnesota Apple IPM Research Project in 2000. The publication uses the data collected from cooperating apple and strawberry fields to report on pest pressure, thresholds and control options. The publication also periodically features articles on fruit production, biology and management of key fruit pests and diseases.