Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: Some southern county orchards are exceeding the 8 moth per trap threshold this week. This is because trap counts and degree day accumulations indicate the start of the 3rd generation flight. These adults are starting to mate and lay eggs, which will hatch and produce the next brood. Therefor we are […]
Continue reading...July 12, 2021 Hemant Gohil
Grape Camp – South Jersey (July 27) and North Jersey (Aug 4)
Please use the below links for the program details for the South Jersey and North Jersey Grape Camp. Pesticide credits will be provided, however please register at the contact given below. SOUTH JERSEY GRAPE CAMP Tuesday, July 27 @ 4:30 PM Rutgers Agriculture Research and Extension Center: 121 Northville Rd, Bridgeton, NJ 08302 Program details […]
Continue reading...July 12, 2021 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 7/12/21
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. There have been no reports of CDM on other cucurbit hosts in the region to date. For more information on […]
Continue reading...July 9, 2021 Melissa Bravo
Soybean insect vectored, internal stem, root disease monitoring now through pod fill
Full season robust stands of beans planted the end of April early May are beginning to pod in Salem County. Grasshopper, thrip and japanese beetle population feeding has brought on a host of leaf symptoms coupled with the beginning of bacterial blights that emerge with volitile weather patterns. Overall bean field growth and R stage […]
Continue reading...Fruit IPM for 07/08/21
Blueberries: Blueberry Maggot (BBM): No blueberry maggot adults were found last week. However, the first fly was caught on Tuesday July 6 in Hammonton.
Continue reading...July 7, 2021 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 07/07/21
NOTE: Cucurbit downy mildew (CDM) was detected on cucumbers at the Snyder Research and Extension Farm in Hunterdon County on Wednesday 07/07/21. No other cucurbit crops exhibited signs of infection. Growers should assume that CDM races that infect cucumber and possibly muskmelons are now active in ALL parts of the state. See the Pumpkin and Winter […]
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