Concerns about the loss of post-bloom use of Lorsban were noted. Grape berry moth was at the highest level ever observed in Indiana vineyards, and Japanese beetles continued to be a problem. Blueberry yields were about average with good fruit quality and size. Raspberry and blackberry crop yields were variable due to the March freeze. The southern strawberry crop was excellent, but only fair across central and northern areas.
Japanese beetle continues to move westward with observations in southeastern Iowa.
Apple scab, sooty blotch, and fly speck were widespread. This was a typical year for codling moth with good control in most orchards. San Jose scale has become more problematic in apples as well as peaches. Rainy spring weather and long leaf wetness periods during the summer favored peach leaf curl, plum pockets, brown rot, peach scab, and plum leaf spot in stone fruit. The strawberry crop was reduced by a fourth from last year's drought combined with the 2000 freeze.