Plant & Pest Advisory

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

September 8, 2021 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

Vegetable IPM Update 09/08/21

Sweet Corn Note: IPM technicians returning to their studies, as well as adverse weather have caused temporary gaps in data collection. This is particularly true in the counties of Hunterdon, Middlesex and Somerset. Please read the associated text below carefully for interpretation of the maps. Corn earworm (CEW) moth captures from both trap types remain […]

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops

September 8, 2021 Michael Westendorf

Water, Water, Everywhere

Water, Water Everywhere We’re Gonna Get Wet; Such is the refrain in a video that my kids used to watch. This year we have had plenty of water. Water is the most important nutrient that we give our animals and the most abundant, cheapest, and least understood of all nutrients required for livestock production. We […]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Field, Forage & Livestock

September 6, 2021 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona

Cranberry Update: EPA Bans Use of Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) On Food Crops

After years of debate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on August 18, 2021 that this year will be the last that the insecticide chlorpyrifos (the active ingredient in Lorsban) will be allowed for use on food crops, including cranberries. This means that use of chlorpyrifos will no longer be allowed on cranberries in 2022 […]

Filed Under: Cranberry, Fruit

September 3, 2021 Melissa Bravo

Concerned about flooded pastures or forage contamination?

If producers have concerns about flooded pastures and forage quality; or concerns about heavy metal contamination in flood contaminated water and soils that can lead to livestock toxicities, here is an article for Progressive Forage I wrote on this topic this spring that may be useful. See the article, Adverse Weather Impacts Essential Nutrient Uptake. […]

Filed Under: Field, Forage & Livestock, Uncategorized

September 3, 2021 Andy Wyenandt

Disease management recommendation for fall planted strawberry plugs

Kathy Demchak, Senior Extension Associate, from Penn State University and Dr. Mengjun Hu, Small Fruit Pathologist, from the University of Maryland have published an excellent article on disease management recommendations for fall planted strawberry plugs. Please click here for more information.

Filed Under: Strawberry, Vegetable Crops

September 3, 2021 Andy Wyenandt

Vegetable Disease Update – 9/03/21

Phytophthora blight is being reported in pepper and cucurbit crops. For more information on Phytophthora blight control please click here. Pepper anthracnose is being reported in southern New Jersey. For more information on pepper anthracnose please click here. Cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on cucumber (6/16/21), cantaloupe (6/22/21) and pumpkin (8/27/21) in southern New […]

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops