Apple: San Jose Scale (SJS): Some damage is being seen in northern county orchards where nymphs are active. Now is the time to the nymphal stage if you have problem populations. High volume applications are required for control since all twigs and surface areas where nymphs are active need to be covered. Esteem, Centaur, Venerate […]
Continue reading...July 20, 2021 Anne Nielsen
SLF Adults Are Here (again)
Right on time with last year’s observations, adult spotted lanternflies (SLF) were found in Pilesgrove (Salem County) NJ. In 2020 adults at the same location were found on July 23 so despite the earlier hatch observed in May, the phenology is right on track. Adults were not the dominant life stage, mostly fourth instars were […]
Continue reading...July 18, 2021 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 7/19/21
Phytophthora blight has been reported in pepper and cucurbit crops. For more information on Phytophthora blight control please click here. Pepper anthracnose has been reported in southern New Jersey. For more information on preparing for pepper anthracnose please click here. Cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on cucumber (6/16/21) and cantaloupe (6/22/21) in southern New Jersey. […]
Continue reading...July 18, 2021 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Monitoring for the Cranberry Toad Bug
As we approach the end of July, growers need to start monitoring for the cranberry toad bug, Phylloscelis rubra (Figure 1). In a recent study, we showed that even relatively low densities of this insect can cause significant injury to cranberries (Rodriguez-Saona et al. 2020. Characterizing the Feeding Injury Caused by Phylloscelis rubra (Hemiptera: Dictyopharidae) […]
Continue reading...July 17, 2021 Melissa Bravo
Field crop progress mid-July, Salem County
Crop fields continue to be a smorgesborg for insect and insect vectored pathogens. With four different planting groups of soybean and three of corn, foliar and silk clipping pests are making their presence known in soybeans and corn. Corn: Japanese beetle feeding continues to expand across soybean fields. The abundance of healthy stands and silk […]
Continue reading...July 16, 2021 Rick VanVranken
From Straw-Figures to Lasers: What’s the Best Method to Scare Birds from Sweet Corn?
by Julie Kikkert, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell Vegetable Program (Reprinted with permission from Cornell VegEdge Newsletter Vol. 17 (14), July 14, 2021, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program, Canandaigua, NY.) Scaring birds out of sweet corn and other crops is not new, based on the centuries-old placement of scarecrows dressed in old clothes (oftentimes filled with straw) in fields. […]
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