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April 25, 2014 Anne Nielsen
Organic SWD Management Survey
April 22, 2014 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, and Atanas Atanassov
Fruit IPM Report Apr 22, 2014
This week in Fruit IPMPeach scab lesions on fruit with old lesions on wood.
- Peach
- Apple
- Pear
- Blueberry
- Scouting Calendar
- Trap Counts (Southern Counties)
April 22, 2014 Brad Majek
Stinger Controls Difficult Composite and Legume Weeds in Blueberries
Stinger has been labeled for weed control orchards for years, and now has a label for use in blueberries. The weeds controlled fall into two botanical plant families, composites and legumes.
Mugwort is also called wild chrysanthemum due to the scent when the leaves are crushed.
[Read more…]
April 22, 2014 Brad Majek
Casoron 4G Weed Control in Established Bearing Cranberry Bogs
Casoron will control most annual broadleaf weeds and suppress or control many perennial broadleaf weeds in cranberries, including redroot. Apply Casoron 4G to cranberry bogs after the winter flood has been removed, but before the vines break winter dormancy and begin to grow.
Casoron controls or suppresses many
“hard to control” weeds, including redroot.
April 21, 2014 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cranberry Weevil Research
In field evaluations, we demonstrated that yellow sticky traps baited with the blend of four aggregation pheromone components trapped significantly more cranberry weevil adults than un-baited controls.
Development of pheromone-based monitoring lures is an important step toward spatially-precise management techniques that may lead to significant reduction in the use of pesticides targeted against cranberry weevil in blueberries.
Evaluation of Different Color Cranberry Weevil Traps
The cranberry weevil is a key pest of highbush blueberries in New Jersey and of cranberries in Massachusetts. [Read more…]
April 14, 2014 Zane Helsel
Pesticide Storage Inventory Due May 1
All NJ licensed pesticide applicators, as well as dealers, who store pesticides are required by law to send a copy of their storage inventories with an explanatory cover letter to the local fire company by May 1st each year. [Read more…]
