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Topics for the Week
- Sweet Corn
- Peppers
- Tomatoes
- BMSB
- Pumpkins and Winter Squash
- Cole Crops
Maps for the Week
–European Corn Borer Map
–Corn Earworm Moth Blacklight Trap Map
–Corn Earworm Moth Pheromone Trap Map
–Pepper Weevil Trap MapVegetable IPM Report 9-3-14 – Click to View | Download | Print
Archives for September 2014
September 3, 2014 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 9/3/14
September 2, 2014 Steven K. Rettke
Beware of the Cryptomeria Scale Hiding Beneath a Transparent Cover
Armored scales are generally regarded by green industry plant managers as being one of the more difficult insect pests to control. The Cryptomeria scale (Aspidiotus cryptomeriae ‘Kuwana’) is an armored scale that is notorious for being especially difficult to detect because of the translucent waxy cover. The elongate hemlock scale species resembles this scale, but it has a waxy cover that is caramel brown in color. Although the hosts of Cryptomeria scale can potentially include numerous conifer species, they are most typically found on hemlocks & pines in the landscape and on true firs in production situations such as Christmas tree farms. The damage potential is especially high on true firs.
Signs of Cryptomeria scales beneath needles
(Photo: Steven K. Rettke, RCE)
Chlorotic banding & mottling symptoms produced by Cryptomeria scales on Fraser fir (Photo: Steven K. Rettke)
