Plant & Pest Advisory

October 3, 2021 Melissa Bravo

Wheat Stem Rust Overview Available

USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service has a resourceful video on ‘Protecting Cereal Grains from Stem Rust’ available on their website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/maps/plant-health/barberry-cereal-gains An image gallery of stem rust pictures is available at https://www.ars.usda.gov/midwest-area/stpaul/cereal-disease-lab/docs/cereal-rusts/cereal-rust-image-gallery/ “Stem rust (also known as black rust) was once the most feared disease of cereal crops worldwide. In the U.S., it […]

Filed Under: Field, Forage & Livestock, Uncategorized

October 1, 2021 Meredith Melendez

Postharvest Equipment Cleaning and Sanitizing Twilight Meeting 11/17/21

The On-Farm Food Safety Team will hold twilight meeting at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Bridgeton focusing on the cleaning and sanitation of postharvest equipment. Topics to be covered: Cleaning Packing Equipment Difference Between Cleaning & Sanitizing Sanitary Design of Packing Lines Different products to use for monitoring pH and sanitizer concentration […]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Food Safety, Vegetable Crops

September 29, 2021 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

Vegetable IPM Update 09/29/21

Note: Next week (10/6) will be the final scheduled edition of the Vegetable IPM Update. Sweet Corn Corn earworm (CEW) moth captures from both trap types have declined dramatically with lower evening temperatures, although the population still poses a threat to remaining sweet corn. It is likely that CEW activity will rise and fall with […]

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops

September 28, 2021 Tim Waller

Northeast Green Industry Showcase this Friday and Saturday – Rutgers Educational – Credit Opportunities –

Please join us for the Northeast Green Industry Showcase this Friday and Saturday (OCTOBER 1-2, 2021) at the Hunterdon County Fairgrounds. Educational Programing provided by Rutgers University in cooperation with NJLCA – pesticide recertification credits are available for select presentations What is NGIS? – The Northeast Green Industry Showcase is a comprehensive landscape, nursery, horticulture, […]

Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Turf, Uncategorized

September 27, 2021 Melissa Bravo

Assess Untilled Soil and Plant Roots for Grasshopper Eggs

As posted throughout the season, grasshopper broods were prolific in South-Central NJ cropfields this year. Populations were also reported above normal in adjoining states. If you saw defoliating damage or grain damage from grasshoppers this year, it is highly likely more than one brood; and more than one species of grasshoppers (differential, two-striped red-legged) laid […]

Filed Under: Field, Forage & Livestock

September 22, 2021 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

Vegetable IPM Update 09/22/21

Corn Earworm Management in Sweet Corn Needs Assessment Survey – One Final Time!! Dr. Kelly Hamby, Associate Professor/Extension Specialist with the Department of Entomology at University of Maryland, is leading a team of researchers (including Rutgers IPM personnel) who have developed a survey to prioritize research and extension efforts for improving corn earworm management in […]

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops