Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree Fruit Phenology is about normal. In southern counties all peach orchards are nearing Shuck Split. Pears are at Petal Fall. Red Delicious is just past Full Bloom. Sweet cherries are at about nearing Petal Fall. [Read more…]
Fruit Crops Edition - Wine Grape 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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April 21, 2022 Megan Muehlbauer
ATTENTION: Department of Agriculture Allows Controlled Open Burns to Protect Crops
With the state continuing to experience colder spring temperatures, the Department of Environmental Protection has agreed with NJDA Secretary Douglas Fisher’s request to allow farmers to do controlled open burning or use specialized torches known as smudge pots to protect flowering crops from damage beginning today, April 20, through Wednesday, May 4.
Damage from freezing weather now can significantly reduce yields of certain fruits and vegetables that are in the flowering stage.
Please see the link below for more information:
April 19, 2022 Hemant Gohil
Wine Grape Twilight – I
When: May 4 (Wed) @ 4 PM
Where: Tomasello Winery: 225 N White Horse Pike, Hammonton, NJ 08037
Frank Salek Memorial Lecture, Sponsored by the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association. Dennis Rak, owner of the Double A Vineyard Nursery will talk on ‘Grapevine Grafting: Fundamentals of Why and How’
Pesticide Recertification Credits: CORE (1 credit), PP2 (5 credit), 1 A (5 credit) [Read more…]
April 18, 2022 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for April 18, 2022
Evaluating Freeze Damage in Tree Fruit: The subfreezing temperatures on the morning of April 18 may have caused some natural thinning across the state. Any physiological damage that is not visible now will appear as the season progresses. A helpful guide for evaluating fruit damage can be found in the Intermountain Tree Fruit Production Guide.
Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree Fruit Phenology remains advanced, but development is slowing. In southern counties all peach orchards are mid to late bloom. Redhaven was at approximately full bloom on April 6, and was at Petal Fall by April 14. Plums are past shuck fall. Pears are full to late bloom. Red Delicious is just past 50% bloom. Sweet cherries are at about 50% bloom. [Read more…]
April 5, 2022 Hemant Gohil
South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting – II
When: April 12 (Tuesday) @ 4 – 7 pm
Where: Summit City Orchards: 500 University Blvd. Glassboro, NJ 08028
Approved Pesticide credits: 1A, PP2, 10 (5 credits each)
Schedule
Field visit (in a bus) to a peach block. Field Demonstration and discussion on different rootstocks (Daniel Ward and Lewis DeEugenio), Comments on Orchard Soil Fumigation (Lewis DeEugenio), Observations of bud development in different peach varieties during frost nights (Hemant Gohil), and Field Observations from the IPM Program (Dave Schmitt).
Return to above address in the bus. Light fare will be served.
Indoor presentations: Fundamentals of Tree Fruit Nutrition and Orchard Soil Fertility (Joseph Heckman), Organic Weed Management in the Orchard (Thierry Besancon), Insect-pests Updates in Orchards (Anne Nielsen), Updates on Early Season Disease Control (Norman Lalancette), Coming Changes in the Structure of Fruit IPM Programming (Dean Polk)
7:00 pm Pesticide re-certification credits application and Adjourn
Light fare will be provided. Please call Joan Medany jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or call 856-224-8030 if you are planning to attend. If an additional assistance is needed, please contact Hemant Gohil (Program Organizer) at 856-224-8029 prior to the meeting.
April 1, 2022 Thierry Besancon
Weed Science Webinar Series
Weed Science Webinar Series
USDA – ARS and the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) are co-hosting 10 webinars on weed science and research. Beginning April 5, presentations will be given by ARS weed science research experts.
The webinars will occur every Tuesday from 2-3p.m. Eastern Time (ET) and include an interactive Q&A session.
Weed Science Webinar Series Schedule
April 5
ARS Weed Science: Past, Present, and Future: Steve Duke, Principal Scientist at the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi, Steve Young, National Program Leader – Weeds and Invasive Pests, WSSA Representatives and ARS Administrators
Meeting Information:
Zoom Meeting Link
Webinar ID: 831 3320 1055
Passcode: 825921
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Theme I: Tactics
April 12
Integrated Weed Management in Cropping Systems: Marty Williams, Ecologist at the Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit in Urbana, IL
April 19
Non-Crop Systems: Advancements in Weed Biocontrol Tools: Melissa Smith, Research Ecologist at the Invasive Plant Research Laboratory in Fort Lauderdale, FL
April 26
New Technology for Weed Identification and Control: Steven Mirsky, Research Ecologist at the Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory in Beltsville, MD
Theme II: Mechanisms
May 3
Role of Plant Physiology in Weed-Crop Competition: Dave Horvath, Research Plant Physiologist at the Sunflower and Plant Biology Research Unit in Fargo, ND
May 10
Molecular Basis for Controlling Invasive Plants: Matt Tancos, Research Plant Pathologist at the Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit in Fort Detrick, MD
May 17
Addressing Herbicide Resistance with Alternative Chemistries: Scott Baerson, Molecular Biologist at the Natural Products Utilization Research Unit in Oxford, MS
Theme III: Impacts
May 24
Spread and Distribution of Invasive Plants: John Madsen, Research Biologist at the Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Unit in Albany, CA
May 31
Climate Change Effects on Weeds and Management: Dana Blumenthal, Ecologist at the Rangeland Resources & Systems Research Unit in Fort Collins, CO
June 7
Restoration for Managing Invasive Plants: Roger Sheley, Ecologist at the Range and Meadow Forage Management Research Unit in Burns, OR
