In part I of this article series, we discussed the sources of inoculum for fruit infection by the brown rot pathogen, Monilinia fructicola (see July 21, 2015 article).
Air-blast application of fungicide to peach.
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July 24, 2015 Norman Lalancette
Brown Rot Management in a Wet Growing Season: Part II
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July 23, 2015 Dean Polk
Fruit IPM Report 7-22-2015
Peach
Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): While overall pest pressure in peaches is very low for oriental fruit moth, we are at the proper time to treat if your farm has trap captures above 6 males per trap. Timing for third brood OFM applications are as follows:
| OFM 3nd Generation Timing | ||||
| Insecticide Type | ||||
| County/Region | Degree Days by 7/22 base 45 |
Conventional | Intrepid/IGRs | Diamides |
| Gloucester-Southern | 2317 | 1st – 7/17-19, 2nd – 7/27-28 |
1st – 7/14-15, 2nd – 7/25-27 |
1st – 7/13-18, 2nd – 7/24-27 |
| Hunterdon-Northern | 2053 | 1st – 7/24-28, 2nd – about 8/5-7 |
1st – 7/22-24, 2nd – about 8/3-5 |
1st – 7/22-23, 2nd – about 8/3-5 |
July 21, 2015 Norman Lalancette
Brown Rot Management in a Wet Growing Season: Part I
Mid-July has arrived and the 2015 peach harvest season has begun in earnest. As each successive crop of fruit mature and ripen, they become susceptible to infection by the brown rot fungal pathogen, Monilinia fructicola. Since spores of this pathogen require water to germinate, the number of fruit infection periods and therefore severity of the 2015 epidemic will be very much dependent on the number of rainfalls.
July 16, 2015 Dean Polk
Fruit IPM Report 7-16-2015
Peach
Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): The third brood should be treated based on the timings below. Overall pest pressure is light with some exceptions in northern counties.
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July 15, 2015 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cranberry Toad Bug: Life Cycle & Management
Recently the cranberry toad bug, Phylloscelis atra (Figure 1), has become a problematic pest of cranberries in New Jersey. Toad bugs are hemipteran insects, similar to blunt-nosed leafhoppers, but belong to the Family Dictyopharidae (planthoppers) as opposed to leafhoppers, which belong to the family Cicadellidae.
Fig 1. Cranberry Toad Bug
July 9, 2015 Dean Polk
Fruit IPM Report 7-9-2015
Peach
Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): While we are still between flights, trap counts indicate a slight pick up of moth activity for the start of the 3rd flight. The first insecticides will be due by the middle of the month in southern counties and about a week later in northern counties. Time your sprays according to the following table:
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