Rutgers Cooperative Extension
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) […]
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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 […]
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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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This Rutgers Plant & Pest Advisory blog will review a few of the landscape summer pests specific to mostly oak trees (Quercus). The scarlet oak sawfly will be discussed first, followed by the oak spider mite & finally the oak lace bug. All three pest species have multiple generations during the summer months & therefore […]
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Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches continue to be extremely low around the state. We are in between adult generations at this time. ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 07/14/21 are as follows: Crosswicks […]
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New Jersey vegetable growers are invited to join Dr. Jim Simon, New Use Crop Specialist, and PhD Student Tori Rosen for a twilight visit to their Amaranth “Tropical Spinach” field trials. Participants will help select amaranth varieties of interest for use as leafy greens at the Rutgers Horticultural Farm III, 67 Ryders Land, East Brunswick, […]
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