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Sweet Corn
IPM Program personnel are finished deploying black light traps in central and northern New Jersey and with help from South Jersey grower cooperators, nearing completion of a corn earworm (CEW) pheromone trap network in the state. Limited collections from traps thus far have captured a small number of European corn borer (ECB) moths in blacklight traps as far north as Hunterdon County. We anticipate only limited CEW and ECB moths for the near term, and as numbers increase, look for updates on ECB, CEW and brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) catches, including interpretive information.
Sweet Corn
There will be significant changes to insect trapping efforts in the Vegetable IPM Program for this season. At present, personnel are deploying black light and corn earworm (CEW) pheromone trap networks in central and northern New Jersey counties. In areas from central Burlington County southward, grower cooperators have been provided with CEW pheromone traps and will be monitoring these traps on their own properties and reporting catch data to IPM personnel. This is an effort to maintain a statewide reporting program for the most significant economic pest of sweet corn despite a shortage of professional staff this year. The IPM program thanks these growers in the southern counties for their assistance in maintaining this necessary service.
Black light trap derived maps for European corn borer (ECB), CEW and brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) will not appear in the Plant and Pest Advisory, as there is no longer a statewide blacklight trap network. Data from existing black lights in the central and northern counties will appear in table format, with associated information on the relevance of the populations. Provided that data from the southern CEW pheromone traps is available on a regular basis, maps will be generated for this pest/trap type. Limited collections from traps thus far have not contained any target pests.
5:00 PM – Registration / Light Refreshments
5:15 PM –Begin to load into wagons for the farm tour and educational talks
5:20 PM –Updates from the Blueberry and Tree Fruit IPM program
Carrie Manuse, Agriculture and Natural Resources Sr. Program Coordinator
Kaitlin Quinn, North Jersey Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of
Hunterdon County
5:40 PM –Apple Fruit Rots
Norm Lalancette PhD, Associate Specialist in Tree Fruit Plant Pathology Rutgers NJAES
6:10 PM –Vegetable Insect Pest and Disease Updates
Kris Holmstrom, IPM Program Associate, Vegetable
6:30 PM – Pesticide Safety, and Compliance
Patricia Hastings, Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator for Rutgers NJAES
The following pesticide credits will be awarded
May 11 (Thu) 4:15 pm Auburn Road Vineyards and Winery 117 Sharptown-Auburn Rd, Pilesgrove, NJ 08098
Pesticide Credits Approved: CORE (1); PP2 (5); 1A (5); 10 (4)
4:30 pm Welcome Remarks and Updates and Social Bird Management – Demonstrations and Interactive session on challenges and successes in bird control Aaron T. Guikema, State Director, USDA – APHIS Wildlife services Potassium Fertilizer Chemistry for Wine Grape Joseph Heckman, Extension Specialist in Soil Fertility, Rutgers NJAES. 2023 Recommendations for Wine Grape Disease Management Peter Oudemans, Extension Specialist, Small Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES Brief Overview of Alternative Options to Paraquat for Postemergence Weed Control. Thierry Besancon, Extension Specialist, Weed Science, Rutgers NJAES Early Season Field Observations from the IPM Program Dave Schmitt, IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES. Spotted Lantern Fly and Other Vineyard Insects Management Anne Nielsen, Tree Fruit Entomologist, Rutgers NJAES 7:30 pm Pesticide re-certification credits Light fare will be provided. Please email Joan Medany at jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or call 856-224-8030 if you are planning to attend. This site is accessible to the physically impaired. For the additional assistance, please contact Hemant Gohil at 856-224-8029 before the meeting.
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