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February 3, 2017

2017 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Grower Meeting and Stakeholder Survey

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Date:              Thursday, February 16, 2017

Time:              8:00 am – 2:00 pm

 Location:     Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center

121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ

Pre-Registration:   Required, by February 10th, contact:

  Karen Holton (holton@aesop.rutgers.edu) at  (856) 455-3100 x4104

  Susan Bradbury (bradbury@aesop.rutgers.edu) at  (856) 455-3100 x4101

Cost / person:      $15.00 (checks preferred)

Lunch:                    Included

Pesticide Credits:  Awarded for Cat 10(5), 1A(5), Core(2), PP2(5)

Program details:    Norm Lalancette  (856) 455-3100 x4124 [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fruit, Tree Fruit
January 18, 2017

2017 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Grower Meeting and Stakeholder Survey

The 2017 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, February 16th. The meeting will be held at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center (RAREC), 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ. [Read more…]

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October 10, 2016

Plastic Pesticide Container Recycling Dates

The NJ Dept. of Ag, Rutgers NJAES, Allied Recycling, and the Cumberland County Solid Waste Complex are offering October dates for free plastic pesticide container recycling disposal. These are offered to agricultural, professional, and commercial applicators holding a NJDEP Pesticide Applicators License. State, county and municipal government agencies may also participate.

Dates and locations are listed below. Questions? Contact:
Roberta C. Lang, New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Div. of Ag and Natural Resources, Phone: 609.292.2242
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Cranberry, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Tree Fruit, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape
August 30, 2016

Constriction Canker of Peach: Orchard Rehabilitation

Peach and nectarine orchards in New Jersey continue to sustain considerable shoot death and fruit loss from constriction canker, caused by the fungal plant pathogen Phomospis amygdali. Many of our research orchards at RAREC this season had an above average number of cankers. The majority of infections that took place last fall and this past spring have girdled the shoots, resulting in dead or blighted branches. Any fruit distal to the cankers on these shoots have already fallen off or remain attached, slowly drying up and shriveling. This yield loss directly impacts your bottom line.

Breaking the Disease Cycle

Cankers on infected shoots are the source of inoculum. [Read more…]

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August 18, 2016

Fruit IPM for 8/18/16

 

Peach:

Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): Trap counts still show captures above the treatment threshold of 6/trap. Treatments are needed anywhere trap counts exceed 6 males per trap, even at this late stage of the season on any variety that is at least 7-10 days away from harvest. [Read more…]

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July 28, 2016

Fruit IPM for 7/28/16

Peach:

Cat-facing Insects, Tarnished Plant Bug (TPB) and Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB): BMSB traps show only very low levels of bugs. Where ground cover consists of numerous flowering weeds, TPB population is very high. Up to 37 adults and nymphs per 50 sweeps were seen this past week in northern counties. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape