Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Greetings from the Veg IPM team! Sweet Corn With the hot weather, we’re starting to see sweet corn really coming along. Some plantings of sweet corn are silking (especially in the south), so it’s time to think about corn earworm management. Moth captures in the Southern part of the state (see map) are indicating that […]
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Bagworms should begin hatching NOW through – 4 weeks in NJ, beginning in the southern regions. Now is an optimal time to get this pest on your radar and prepare materials or approaches to attack first/second instar caterpillars. The control window for this pest is typically between 600-900 GDD50 when they begin to hatch and become airborne, i.e. the “ballooning” […]
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Peach: Diseases: Bacterial Spot: Bacterial spot leaf symptoms appeared on highly susceptible varieties in southern counties starting in May. Leaf infections appear water soaked, stay within the leaf veins, and gradually darken (Figure 1). Eventually the chlorotic tissue abscises from the leaf leaving a “shot-hole”. Copper injury appears similar. The main differences are copper injury […]
Continue reading...Heat exposure for agricultural laborers should be a consideration when working outside and even in non-airconditioned buildings. When a person’s ability to adapt to heat stress is exceeded, exposure can lead to reduced productivity, mistakes in job performance, increased workplace incidents, and/or heat-related illnesses. Each person’s heat tolerance varies and several factors including type of […]
Continue reading...In collaboration with Washington State University and the Western IPM Center, we produced three YouTube videos focusing on blunt-nosed leafhoppers and false blossom disease. Ben-Zvi, Y., Rodriguez-Saona, C., Kraft, L., Ben-Zvi, E. Blunt-nosed leafhoppers and cranberry false blossom disease: I. Biology and symptoms. Western IPM, extension video series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEujE6nNF58 Ben-Zvi, Y., Rodriguez-Saona, C., Kraft, L., […]
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Greetings from the Veg IPM team! The program welcomes Martina Lavender and Coco Lin as the first two scouts of the season, servicing North and Central Jersey respectively. Sweet Corn We’ve put out corn earworm pheromone traps throughout the state. While silking corn is the main target of CEW activity, we set the traps early […]
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