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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Fruit IPM Report for April 23, 2019

Peach:

Oriental Fruit Moth: First generation timings are updated below:

OFM 1st Generation Timing
Insecticide Type
County/Region Degree Days by  4/23 base 45 Conventional

170-200, 350-375

Diamide

100-150, 300-350

Gloucester – Southern 254 1st –  4/18-20

2nd – 4/29-5/1

1st – past

2nd – 4/25-4/29

Hunterdon – Northern 186 1st – 4/28-5/2

2nd – 5/8-5/12

1st – 4/23-4/26

2nd 5/3-5/7

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South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting – II

May 15 @ 5:30 PM

Summit City Farms and Winery

500 University Blvd, Glassboro, NJ 08028  [Read more…]

Wine Chemistry Workshop

We’re pleased to welcome world-renowned Clark Smith for a 2-day workshop at the Rutgers EcoComplex, May 20 and May 21, 2019.

See event flyer below:

Wine Chemistry Workshop

Please register for the upcoming Wine Chemistry Workshop by sending the registration fee of $275.00 per person. Make checks out to Rutgers University and send to: Attn: Joan Medany, RCE of Gloucester County, 254 County House Rd., Clarksboro, NJ 08020.

Upon registration, you will receive a copy of Clark Smith’s book. (He would like attendees to read the book prior to attending, so we recommend registering early for ample time to read.)

Contact Hemant Gohil at gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu with questions.

South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting – I

When: March 27 @ 7 PM

Where: Gloucester County Extension Office, 1200 N. Delsea Drive, Bldg. # A, Clayton, NJ 08312

7:00 PM: Welcome Remarks and Updates.

Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Agricultural Agent, Rutgers NJAES

Comprehensive Understanding of Spotted Lantern Fly in Orchard Crops

Heather Leach, Spotted Lantern Fly Extension Associate, Penn State University.                                                                                             Invited Speaker, Heather leach is specialist on Spotted Lanternfly (SLF). She will speak on the comprehensive understanding of  SLF  priorities from every perspective and provide latest information on biology, behavior and effective management techniques.

Pesticide Record Keeping Update. 

George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers NJAES

Food Safety Issues Related to Tree Fruit Production.

Wes Kline, Cumberland County Agriculture Agent, Rutgers NJAES

Management of Scale Insect in Peach

Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist, Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES

Early Season Disease Control

Norman Lalancette, Extension Specialist, Tree Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES

Scouting Observations and IPM of Early Season Pests

Dave Schmitt and Dean Polk, State-wide Fruit IPM Agent, Rutgers NJAES

9:30 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.

This site is accessible to the physically impaired. If an additional assistance is needed, please contact Hemant Gohil (Program Organizer) at 856-224-8029 prior to the meeting.

South Jersey Tree Fruit Meeting

Date:              March 6, 2019 @ 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Location:        RAREC, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08302

Registration: Required, by February 28th Contact: Karen Holton (holton@njaes.rutgers.edu), (856) 455-3100 x4104

Cost / person: $15.00 (Checks preferred, made out to Rutgers University), lunch included.

Pesticide Credits: Core (2); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07) (Applied)

PROGRAM

8:00 am    Registration

                 Coffee and pastries

8:25 am   Welcome and Opening Remarks and update.

                Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Gloucester County

8:30 am   A Year that was – Environmental Stress effects on Peach Development.

                 Daniel Ward, Extension Specialist in Pomology, Rutgers NJAES.

9:00 am  Key Pest Issues in 2018, and Possible Reasons.

                Dave Schmitt, Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES

9:15 am   Peach Brown Rot:  Improving Disease Control and Fungicide Resistance Mgmt.

                 Norm Lalancette, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES

10:00 am  Break – Coffee and pastries

10:15 am  IPM tactics and beneficial insects in tree fruit.

                  Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES

10:45 am  Dealing With Spotted Wing Drosophila and Scale Pests.

                  Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension

11:15 am  Plum curculio biology and management.

Clement Akotsen, Post-doc Research Associate, Rutgers NJAES

11:45 am   Industry Updates and NJ Peach Promotion Council Updates.

12:00 pm   Lunch

1:00 pm    How Herbicide Resistance affects Weed Managing in Tree Fruit Production.

                  Thierry Besancon, Extension Specialist in Weed Science, Rutgers NJAES

1:30 pm    Pesticide Storage and Spills: Managing Risk.

                  Pat Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, Rutgers NJAES

2:00 pm    Overview of Managing Orchard Soil Health.

                  Megan Muehlbauer, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Hunterdon Co.

 2:30 pm   Fruit Quality and Post-harvest Evaluations of New Peach Varieties.

                  Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Gloucester County   

3:00 pm    Open Session – Grower Questions and Discussion.

Spotted Lanternfly Basics Webinars

In conjunction with the New York State IPM Program and the Department of Agriculture and Markets, the Northeastern IPM Center will host a collection of webinars, titled “Spotted Lanternfly Basics.” Each webinar will focus on, and be tailored to, a specific commodity group:

Spotted Lanternfly Basics for Grape and Apple Industries (Feb. 26, 2019, 1:00 p.m.). Registration link: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d_3KfxQ9SuKHyhk6pM7NCA

Spotted Lanternfly Basics for Hops, Berry, and Vegetable Growers (Feb. 26, 2019, 10:00 a.m.). Registration link: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ONViZLocSBCOKIv-sjoZVg

Spotted Lanternfly Basics for Christmas Tree Growers (Mar. 4, 2019, 10:00 a.m.). Registration link: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7eehVeBvSBOgM3aTXOtaew

Spotted Lanternfly Basics for Nursery, Greenhouse, and Landscape Industries (Mar. 4, 2019, 1:00 p.m.). Registration link: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u5mYQOHMSESWFcNoftt2Nw

All webinars will follow a similar format that covers spotted lanternfly biology, identification, and hosts, monitoring and management strategies, and a regulatory update. While the content may be relevant to audiences throughout the Northeast, management practices covered will be specific to New York. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions.

For more information and registration links, go to:

http://neipmc.org/go/mYey