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Fruit Crops Edition - Blueberry Section

Seasonal updates on diseases, insects, weeds impacting small fruit (blueberry, cranberry, and wine grape). Fruit Pest Alerts are also available via this category feed.
 
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July 3, 2013

Fruit IPM Report: Week Ending 7/5/13

Fruit IPM Report 7-5-13 – Click to View | Download | Print

In this report:

  • Peach
  • Apple
  • Grape
  • Scouting Calendar
  • Blueberry
  • Trap Counts
Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape
June 25, 2013

Fruit IPM Report: Week Ending 6/29/13

Fruit IPM Report 6-29-13 – Click to View | Download | Print

In this report:

  • Peach
  • Apple
  • Grape
  • Scouting Calendar
  • Blueberry
  • Trap Counts
Filed Under: Blueberry, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape
June 19, 2013 and

Farm Food Safety: FDA Q&A Printable Summary

The Food Safety Modernization Act will impact most growers in New Jersey.

Over the past weeks, we have posted the Questions and Answers for each of the conference calls focusing on subparts of the proposed Produce Safety Rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act on the PPA Food Safety section. For your convenience, the Q&A’s have been collected into a single PDF.

Food Safety Modernization Act FDA Q & A Sessions Proposed Produce Safety RuleFDA Q&A: Proposed Produce Safety Rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act
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Filed Under: Blueberry, Cranberry, Food Safety, Fruit, Vegetable Crops
June 19, 2013

Thoughts on Managing “The Big Three” Blueberry Insect Pests

The Big Three Insect Pests of BlueberryAs we go forward growers will want to have effective programs for the management of all of The Big Three insects at this time: Blueberry Maggot (BBM), Aphids, and Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD).
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Filed Under: Blueberry
June 19, 2013

Blueberry Pest in Detail: Spotted Wing Drosophila

Spotted Wing DriosophilaA new pest of New Jersey Blueberries

We have started to catch Spotted Wing Drosophila adults in low numbers. While these numbers are very low, they do indicate a presence in our production areas.

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Filed Under: Blueberry
June 18, 2013

Fruit IPM Report: Week Ending 6/22/13

Fruit IPM Report 6-22-13 – Click to View | Download | Print

In this report:

  • Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth; Tufted Apple Budmoth; Brown Rot
  • Apple: Obliquebanded Leafroller; European Red Mites; Codling Moth
  • Aphids: Spirea and Apple (green) Aphids
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
  • Summer Diseases: Sooty Blotch and Fly Speck; White Rot and Black Rot; Anthracnose
  • Pear: Pear Rust Mite
  • Grapes: Grape Berry Moth
  • Scouting Calendar
  • Blueberry: Spotted Wing Drosophila; Oriental Beetle; Leafrollers and other Leps; Aphids; Putnam Scale; Cranberry Fruitworm; Blueberry Maggot
  • Trap Counts
Filed Under: Blueberry, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape