- Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on cucumber, butternut squash, and pumpkin in NJ this growing season. Recent weather has been ideal for its development. All cucurbit growers should scout their fields on a regular basis and consider adding a downy mildew specific fungicide to their weekly maintenance sprays. CDM has been reported in cantaloupe in MD this past week, and in acorn, summer squash, watermelon and butternut squash as far north as North Carolina to date.
- The 2018 FRAC Table for Cucurbit Downy and Powdery Mildew Control in the mid-Atlantic Region can be found and downloaded for FREE here.
- There have been no new reports of late blight in the region.
- Basil downy mildew is being reported. Recent weather has been ideal for its development. For more information on Rutgers newly-released DMR sweet basils Obsession, Devotion, and Thunderstruck please click here.
- Bacterial leaf spot and Phytophthora blight have been reported in pepper and cucurbit crops.
- Wind damage has been reported in eggplant, pepper, and cucurbit crops.
Archives for August 2018
August 3, 2018 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 8/3/18
August 2, 2018 Rick VanVranken
Summer Farm Market Tour Aug 29
In association with Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the NJFDMA (that’s the New Jersey Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association) would like to invite farm marketers to join them for their late summer farm market tour on August 29, 2018.
Tentative schedule:
1:00pm: Pick up at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic County building in Mays Landing
2:15pm: Pick up at the Burlington Special Services School by the Burlington Cooperative Extension office in Westhampton
3:45- 4:45pm: Tour & wine tasting at Beneduce Vineyards, Pittstown
5:30- 6:30pm: Tour of Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse, Milford
7:30- 8:45pm: Tour and dinner at Melick’s Town Farm, Oldwick
10:15pm: Drop-off at the Burlington Special Services School by Burlington Cooperative Extension office in Westhampton
11:30pm: Drop-off at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic County building in Mays Landing
This event is free for NJFDMA members.
Non-members, please send a check for $50, which includes 2018 NJFDMA membership, payable to ‘NJFDMA’ to the this address:
RCE of Middlesex County Extension
C/O NJFDMA
42 Riva Rd., Davidson Mill Pond Park
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Please register online by August 7th, 2018 by clicking here to reserve your place.
Questions? Email njfarmersdirectmarketingassoc@gmail.com
August 1, 2018 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Mansue
Fruit IPM For 08/02/18
Peach:
Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): Third flight adults are present and trap counts are low on most farms, except in isolated areas in northern counties. The timing for 3rd generation treatments is done in southern counties, but ongoing in northern counties. Please see table below for timing: [Read more…]
August 1, 2018 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
IPM Update 08/01/18
Sweet Corn
European corn borer (ECB) moth catches in black light traps have dropped to very low levels again. The second flight is likely to be very erratic, with specific locations getting low numbers of moths while other regional traps catch none. There will be no map in this edition. Second generation feeding is often obscured by fall armyworm (FAW) feeding. Once plants hit full tassel, any ECB larvae present will move downward on the stalk and re-enter the plant near the area where ears are forming. This can result in direct injury to the ear. Growers should consider an insecticide application at the full tassel stage to target ECB larvae as they migrate downward. This application can eliminate larvae that have escaped any earlier insecticide applications. [Read more…]
August 1, 2018 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Upcoming Event – ACGA Summer Meeting
Event: American Cranberry Growers Association 2018 Summer Field Day
Date: Friday August 17, 2018
Location: Rutgers P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension, Chatsworth, NJ
AGENDA
CRANBERRY BOGS:
8:30–8:45 Opening Remarks
Shawn Cutts, President, American Cranberry Growers Association
8:45–9:10 Crop Phytotoxicity and Weed Control with Prospective Pre-emergence Herbicides for Cranberry (Bog 3)
Thierry Besancon and Baylee L. Carr, P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension, Rutgers University, Chatsworth, NJ
9:10–9:35 Mitigation of the Ill Effects of Liquid Fertilizer with Lime Applications: Preliminary Results (Bog 5)
Nicholi Vorsa and Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension, Rutgers University, Chatsworth, NJ
9:35-10:00 New fungicides and cultural methods for improving fruit quality (Bog 7)
Peter Oudemans, Timothy Waller, Dave Jones, Jacob Armitage, John Jensen, Dan Flath and Chris Constantelos. P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension, Rutgers University, Chatsworth, NJ
10:00–10:25 Evaluation of Fungicide Treatments on Fruit Rot Resistant Cranberry Selections (Bog 11)
Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, Timothy Waller, Peter Oudemans, and Nicholi Vorsa, P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension, Rutgers University, Chatsworth, NJ
10:25–10:50 On-going Research on Sucking Insect Pests (Bog 19)
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University; Vera Kyryczenko-Roth, P.E. Marucci Center; and Robert Holdcraft, P.E. Marucci Center, Chatsworth, NJ
CONFERENCE ROOM:
11:10-11-20 Cranberry Statistics
Bruce A Eklund, State Statistician, U.S. Department of Agriculture | National Agricultural Statistics Service
11:20–11:40 Advances in Cranberry Genomics
James Polashock, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS
11:40–12:00 Cranberry Fruit Chemistry and Potential Effects on Disease
Nicholi Vorsa, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, Karen DeStefano and Susan Vancho, P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension, Rutgers University, Chatsworth, NJ
POLE BARN:
12:00–1:00 LUNCH
CONFERENCE ROOM:
1:00-3:00 Lab Tours (Optional)
