Pepper Weevil Management and Research Priorities March 3, 2021, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Online Zoom Meeting Pepper growers/agribusiness professionals/extension personnel are invited to attend a virtual meeting to discuss current pepper weevil management tactics and to set research priorities. Since 2006, at least one farm each growing season has been infested with pepper weevil. So […]
Continue reading...February 8, 2021 Nick Polanin
USDA to Measure Financial Well-Being of Farmers and Ranchers
Initiated back in late December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be spending these next several months gathering information about farm economics and production practices from farmers and ranchers across the United States, as the agency conducts the third and final phase of the 2020 Agricultural […]
Continue reading...February 8, 2021 Andy Wyenandt
An update on the potato pathogen, Dickeya dianthicola
It has been nearly six years since Dickeya dianthicola was first reported in potato in New Jersey in 2015 and many other states up and down the East Coast in the spring and summer of 2016. Before then, this seed-borne pathogen had not been detected in potato fields in the mid-Atlantic region and elsewhere. Unfortunately, […]
Continue reading...February 7, 2021 Nick Polanin
USDA APHIS Ends Emerald Ash Borer Domestic Quarantine Regulations
Effective January 14, 2021, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has removed the domestic quarantine regulations for the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB, Agrilus planipennis, Fairmare). According to the Federal Register posting, “this action will discontinue the domestic regulatory component of the emerald ash borer program as a means to more effectively direct available […]
Continue reading...February 5, 2021 Steven K. Rettke
Landscape IPM Scouting Techniques: Basic Overview
KEY PLANTS vs. KEY PESTS vs. KEY LOCATIONS CONCEPT: Landscape IPM (Integrated Pest Management) methods require site-specific information. Every landscape typically contains at least several key pests, key plants and key locations that will be unique to each site. These concepts are extremely useful to simplify monitoring procedures at any given landscape. They will enable […]
Continue reading...February 4, 2021 Andy Wyenandt
Greenhouse Sanitation Important for Disease Management
Proper greenhouse sanitation is important for healthy, disease-free vegetable transplant production. Efforts need to be made to keep transplant production greenhouses free of unnecessary plant debris and weeds which may harbor insect pests and disease. Efforts need to be taken throughout the transplant production season to minimize potential problems. All equipment, benches, flats, plug trays […]
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