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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July 17, 2020

NJ Ag & Health Urge Use of Free COVID-19 Testing For Farm Workers

Earlier this week, NJ Secretary of Ag Douglas Fisher released this attached letter, co-signed by Dept of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, urging all growers with farm labor to take advantage of opportunities to help protect your employees from COVID-19.

As the letter states,

“One program that is being implemented FREE OF CHARGE for all farms is a COVID-19 testing and education program through Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and local health departments. Along with free testing, the program provides education and other related support services. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Commercial Ag Updates, Cranberry, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Turf, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With: , , , , ,
June 30, 2020

Fruit IPM for 06/30/20

Peach:

Oriental Fruit Moth: We are between generations 1 and 2, with the first insecticide applications having been just applied in southern counties, and in northern counties due by the weekend. The second application will be due the following week. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape
June 23, 2020

Fruit IPM for 6/23/20

Peach:

Oriental Fruit Moth: We are between generations 1 and 2, with the first insecticide applications having been just applied in southern counties, and in northern counties due by the weekend. The second application will be due the following week. See timings below: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape
June 23, 2020

Wine Grape Downy Mildew Update

By Peter Oudemans

June 4-6 and June 12 showed some significant downy mildew infection periods and we are now beginning to see the effects.  Since berries are susceptible until about a month after capfall this is something we need to be concerned about.  The question is how to handle this now?

Rules: 

  • Hitting the target: Make sure the sprayer is set up to hit the target.
  • Longevity:  Fungicides work best if they can dry after application.  Rainfall before drying will wash them off
  • Resistance:  Downy Mildew is a high risk pathogen and fungicides must be rotated

[Read more…]

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June 16, 2020

Fruit IPM for 6/17/20

Peach:

Oriental Fruit Moth: We are between generations 1 and 2, with the first insecticide applications due in southern counties by the end of the week, and in northern counties by the end of the following week. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape
June 10, 2020

Important Update on Registration of Low-Volatility Dicamba Herbicides

On June 3, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling that vacates current U.S. registrations of of three dicamba herbicides, XtendiMax (Bayer), Engenia (BASF) and FeXapan (Corteva). The Court ruled in favor of a petition challenging the EPA’s 2018 registration decision. The ruling comes after a group of environmental organizations filed a petition with the Court challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s . Other dicamba-containing products are not concerned by this ruling.

The subsequent action by the EPA provides, among other things, that “growers and commercial applicators may use existing stocks that were in their possession on June 3, 2020, the effective date of the Court decision. Such use must be consistent with the product’s previously-approved label, and may not continue after July 31, 2020.”

Click here for the EPA’s full order – see page 11 for key details.

The EPA’s order addresses the use, sale, and distribution of existing stocks of  low-volatility dicamba products impacted by the Court’s ruling.

 

 

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With: , , ,