On July 3, 2025, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service released 3 new addenda to the Harmonized and Harmonized GAP Plus+ Standards: Warehouse, Food Defense, and Integrated Pest Management. All of which will require additional records. Requirements in the existing Harmonized and Harmonized GAP Plus+ standards have not changed. These new standards, versions 3.1 and 5.1 […]
Continue reading...July 9, 2025 Andy Wyenandt
Preparing for Pepper Anthracnose in 2025
Pepper anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum spp. has become a significant problem on some farms in southern New Jersey. Unlike in tomato, where symptoms are only present in mature (red) fruit, pepper anthracnose can infect pepper fruit at any growth stage. Currently, there are no commercially-available bell or non-bell peppers with known resistance to anthracnose.
Continue reading...July 8, 2025 Andy Wyenandt
Cucurbit powdery mildew control in 2025
Cucurbit powdery mildew (CPM), caused by Podosphaera xanthii, is one the most important diseases of cucurbit crops throughout the world. The pathogen is an obligate parasite, just like cucurbit downy mildew, meaning it needs a living host in order to survive. In northern regions that have a killing frost in the fall the pathogen will […]
Continue reading...Fruit IPM Report July 7, 2025
Peach: Brown Rot: Warm and wet weather this summer have been ideal conditions for brown rot to develop on fruit (Figure 1). Most growers should be relying on a captan based program for mid-season covers, followed by better materials during the last 3 weeks pre-harvest. For reference see Dr. Norm Lalancette’s post Improving Your Late […]
Continue reading...July 7, 2025 Andy Wyenandt
Tobacco Streak Virus (TSV) found on tomato in New Jersey
Tobacco Streak Virus (TSV) was found on fresh-market tomato this past week in southern New Jersey. TSV has a host range of close to 200 species, including cranberry, tobacco, tomato, pepper, asparagus, bean, soybean, mustard, radish, a number of ornamental hosts as well as weeds such as thistle, field bindweed, and jimson weed. Like Tomato […]
Continue reading...July 4, 2025 Maria Cramer and Amanda Quadrel
Veg IPM update 7/4/25
Greetings from the Veg IPM team! We hope that you’re all enjoying the holiday and the nice weather for this weekend. Sweet Corn Moth captures in much of the state (see map) have decreased over the past week and a half, but a 4-day spray schedule is still necessary for most growers at this time. […]
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