Rutgers University | New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station | Pesticide User Responsibility

May 17, 2022

Leaf Spot and Melting Out……of Pachysandra?

Last week’s post concerning leaf spot diseases in turfgrass, and a few samples of dead pachysandra in the lab this week, got me thinking about how much I hate pachysandra. Hate might be too strong a word for a plant, but like Neumann and Jerry, this subshrub is my nemesis. Some of you may have […]

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Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Plant Diagnostic Lab, Turf
May 17, 2022

RSVP NOW: North Jersey Fruit and Vegetable Twilight Meeting III

North Jersey Fruit and Vegetable Twilight Meeting III May 24, 2022 4:30 PM-7:30 PM Phillips Farms, 91 Crab Apple Hill Road Milford, NJ 08848 4:30 PM – Registration / Light Refreshments 4:45 PM – Tree and Small Fruit IPM Updates Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent, Rutgers NJAES 5:15 PM – Farm Tour of Fruit […]

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Filed Under: Fruit, Organic Production, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Vegetable Crops
May 17, 2022

Management Recommendations SLF nymphs in 2022

By Katarzyna Madalinska and Anne Nielsen New Jersey is currently in its 5th year of invasion from spotted lanternfly. Populations are now widespread throughout the state and have established in almost every county in NJ. SLF pressure is variable throughout NJ’s counties, and we do not currently have a threshold for management of nymphs. SLF nymphs […]

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May 13, 2022

Pest Scouting 200-500 GDD – Get sprayers ready for Borers, Scale Crawlers, and other important pests

It’s that time of year again, many scale crawlers and borers will be active over the next few weeks throughout NJ. Be prepared to target specific pest life-stages for the highest level of efficacy per material cost and get those problem insects in check. Application of contact insecticides during specific activity windows for these pests […]

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May 13, 2022

Ideal conditions for wheat quality. What does this mean?

Since last week, the critical period of fifteen to eighteen days for wheat crop grain quality and quantity has been underway in much of south-central New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This period occurs when heads begin to emerge from the flag leaf (flowering) followed by pollination through to dough stage. While we can’t rule out bacterial […]

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Filed Under: Field, Forage & Livestock, Uncategorized, Vegetable Crops
May 12, 2022

Spring (and Summer) Leaf Spot Diseases in Lawns and Sports Turf.

Spring and early summer bring leaf spot diseases to cool-season grasses in home lawns, parks and grounds, on sports fields, and occasionally on golf courses. These diseases are caused by several fungi in the genera Curvularia, Bipolaris and Drechslera. Every cool-season turfgrass species has at least one leaf spot disease associated with it, but the most common and […]

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Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Plant Diagnostic Lab, Turf