The Northeast Cover Crops Council will host a fall webinar series. The webinars will take place from 12-1 pm on Wednesdays from October 1 to November 5, 2025. Click here to register for the series. [Read more…]
Landscape, Ornamentals, Nursery, and Turf Edition
Seasonal updates on ornamental, nursery, and turf pests.
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Networks to Reduce Risk: Annie’s Project – Info session
The program, “Networks to Reduce Risk: Annie’s Project Builds Viable Farms in Urban and Rural NJ” will include four unique field trips and a dynamic, six-part webinar series. The overarching goal of this program is to improve risk management strategies of urban and rural farm business owners by connecting them with interactive educational opportunities, practical resources, and each other. This program is open to all.
Interested participants can attend an upcoming informational session to learn more about the program objectives and activities, the expected benefits for participants, and receive information about program registration. The informational session will be held online via Zoom on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. To register for the informational session, please visit go.rutgers.edu/ntrrinfosession. Registration is required.
All questions can be directed to anniesproject@njaes.rutgers.edu.
This work is supported by the Northeast Extension Risk Management project award no. 2024-70027-42540, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Thank you so much in advance!
Final two Ornamental IPM Webinars 9/9 (Ticks 4 Science) and 9/23 (final pest updates for 2025) + 8/26 webinar upload
Join us for the next session Tuesday 9/9/25
- Emily Fontaine (Project Manager, Rutgers NJ Ticks 4 Science)
- Still time to Sign up (click here) for the two remaining 2025 sessions- Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program
- Please visit our new –Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program Website (click here)
Previous webinars:
- Click here for a PDF of August 26, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a VIDEO of August 26, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of August 12, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a VIDEO of August 12, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of July 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of July 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of July 8, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of July 8, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of June 24, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of June 24, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of June 10, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of June 10, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of May 27, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of May 27, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of May 13, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of May 13, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of April 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of April 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of April 08, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of April 08, 2025 webinar
Spanish Course for Ag Workforce – Registration Open
The Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education will host a course on ‘Spanish for Ag and Horticulture Workforce’ from January 16-March 6, 2026. This is an online, self-paced course with approximately 21 hours of course content designed to help participants study conversational Spanish and gain technical vocabulary specific to those in the agriculture and horticulture workforce.
There is a registration fee of $825 per person. Register by January 9, 2026 for the early bird registration rate of $795.
For more information and to register, visit https://cpe.rutgers.edu/spanish-for-ag-and-horticulture-workforce.
Ornamental IPM Webinar – Next Session Tuesday 8/26 plus upload from 8/12 RU PDL guest
Still time to Sign up for the remaining 2025 sessions- Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program
Please visit our new –Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program Website (click here)
Join us for the next session Tuesday 8/26/25
Topics covered:
- 1.Beneficial insect: Dragonflies
- 2. Leafcutter bees
- 3. Fleahopper
- 4. Nostoc
- 5. Nickel deficiency in River Birch
- 6. Tulip tree & Magnolia soft scales
- 7. Douglas-fir needle midge
- 8. Slugs/snails
- 9. Banded ash clearwing moth borer
- 10. Verticillium wilt
Previous webinars:
- Click here for a PDF of August 12, 2025 webinar (Synopsis of the Rutgers Plant Diagnostic Lab services)
- Click here for a PDF of July 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of July 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of July 8, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of July 8, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of June 24, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of June 24, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of June 10, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of June 10, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of May 27, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of May 27, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of May 13, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of May 13, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of April 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of April 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of April 08, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of April 08, 2025 webinar
Box tree moth confirmed in MD, VA, and expanded quarantines in MI, OH. Plus+ IPM webinar recordings and 8/12 session
Box tree moth has been detected in MD and VA.
Additionally quarantines have been expanded (7/21/25) in counties of Michigan and Ohio: Click here for: APHIS Expands Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis) Quarantines in Michigan and Ohio (July 2025)
Click here for: Maryland BTM confirmed in Washington Co., MD.
Click here for: Virginia BTM confirmed at four sites in Clarke and Loudoun Counties, Va.
Efforts are being made to eradicate the pests at these locations & no additional quarantine information is available at this time. More information to follow.
Box Tree Moth – Resources:
- Pictorial: Common Boxwood Pests and Diseases (click-here)
- Video: Click here for- “Demystifying Box Tree Moth” – HRI
- Factsheet: Box Tree Moth: Fact Sheet, Management & Visual Guide
- OSU Guide: What to look for with Box Tree (Boxwood) Moth
- USDA-APHIS Box Tree Moth : APHIS BTM Landing page
- Compliance agreement and information: National Plant Board – Box Tree Moth
- HRI VIDEO – “Box Tree Moth Compliance Agreement Explained”
Still time to Sign up for the 2025 – Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program
(Join us for the next Session Tuesday 8/12/25 – Rutgers Plant Diagnostic Lab – Rich Buckley (Guest Speaker))
Previous webinars:
- Click here for a PDF of July 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of July 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of July 8, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of July 8, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of June 24, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of June 24, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of June 10, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of June 10, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of May 27, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of May 27, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of May 13, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of May 13, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of April 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of April 22, 2025 webinar
- Click here for a PDF of April 08, 2025 webinar
- Click here for VIDEO of April 08, 2025 webinar
Please visit our new –Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program Website