2010 Use Statistics for Virginia Fruit Page

Altogether there were 158,980 page views to pages within this web site in 2010.

Of the fruit crops represented in the Virginia Fruit Page the Grape page received the most use (4,566 page views), followed by the Apple Page (2,991 views), the  Peach Page (1,286 page views), the Small Fruit page (1,112 page views), and the Pear Page (510 page views).

The dozen leading pest species across fruit crops whose pages were visited were (in decreasing order) stink bugs, periodical cicada, Japanese beetle, oriental fruit moth, codling moth, plum curculio, tarnished plant bug, grape berry moth, strawberry weevil, Drosophila pomace flies, black cherry aphid, cyclamen mite, and grape phylloxera.

The site continues to be used by both commercial and home fruit producers, reflected by use statistics for pages based on Virginia Tech pest management recommendations. There were
12868 page views associated with the Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers (42% Apple, 28% Peach and Nectarine, 8% Pear, 8% Cherry, 4% Plum), 2,233 page views to pages associated with the Spray Guide for Commercial Vineyards, 1.186 page views to pages associated with the Spray Guide for Commercial Small Fruit (66% Blueberry, 17% Strawberry, 17% Caneberry), and 14,825 page views to pages associated with the Spray Guide for Home Fruit (44% Apple and Pear, 20% Grape, 21% Stone Fruit, 4% Blueberry, 6% Strawberry, 4% Caneberry). (In the VCE website, the PDF version of the commercial tree fruit guide received 7,269 visits, the commercial vineyard site received 213 visits, the commercial small fruit guide received 232 visits, and the home fruit guide received 642 visits).

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