Archives for September 2013

September 5, 2013

RCE Field Crop Twilight Meeting

Commercial Growers, Crop Consultants, and Ag Industry personnel
are invited to attend a RCE Field Crop Twilight Meeting

Date: Sep 10th, 5PM – Dusk
Location: Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm, Pittstown, NJ
Please RSVP by 9/6/13 to (908) 788-1339

Dinner 5:00PM
Wagon Tour:
Stop 1: 67 Full season soybean varieties; evaluating soybean resistance to white mold
Stop 2: Double crop soybean variety trial following canola evaluating 65 soybean varieties resistance to white mold
Stop 3: Field corn variety study evaluating different fertilizer treatments
Stop 4: Field corn trial comparing different liming agents
Stop 5: Irrigation pond management
Stop 6: Agronomic production issues for corn mazes

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates
September 4, 2013

Green Kyllinga Found in North Brunswick

By Jim Murphy

Uh-oh! We now have green kyllinga at Hort Farm No. 2 in North Brunswick. Joe Clark found it in a field that was sprayed with glyphosate. Most everything died but the kyllinga! Carrie Mansue has made some collections of kyllinga and will be doing some herbicide tests in the greenhouse this winter to determine which materials have the best activity on the this very difficult to control weed.

Keep a lookout for this weed, if left alone it will spread by rhizomes. Carrie has visited lawns that were essentially overrun by kyllinga. Once kyllinga achieves that level of dominance, control is nearly impossible without complete renovation. See previous post on the topic.

Live patch in foreground is kyllinga that survived a spray with glyphosate. Yellowed plants to left are yellow nutsedge.

Source: Read More on the Rutgers Turf Blog

Filed Under: Turf
September 4, 2013

Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 9/04/13

Vegetable IPM Report 9-04-13 – Click to View | Download | Print

Current Week’s Pest Maps – Available Maps for the week are highlighted

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops
September 4, 2013

Vegetable Disease Brief – 9/4/13

There have been no new reports of Late blight.

Asparagus – Summer foliar diseases in Asparagus have been reported. With the cooler weather and all the rain we’ve have been experiencing on and off all summer disease pressure in asparagus is higher than normal (see article). [Read more…]

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September 4, 2013

Diagnosing and controlling important fungal diseases in Asparagus.

Asparagus growers should consider scouting their fields for  foliar disease development. Important pathogens growers need to scout for on a regular basis are Purple spot, Cercospora, and Rust. [Read more…]

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September 3, 2013

Rust Never Sleeps

Happy Labor Day, which was yesterday of course, but I had the day off and hope you did too, and were out in your garden enjoying the diseased and insect riddled plants.

Alcea rosea flowers and seedpods. Photo: Stan Sheds, Spring Preserve Gardens

Alcea rosea flowers and seedpods. Photo: Stan Sheds, Spring Preserve Gardens

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