Plant & Pest Advisory

September 16, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

Vegetable IPM Update 9/16/20

Sweet Corn Fall armyworm (FAW) larval infestations remain at low levels in the few remaining sweet corn plantings not yet silking. At this point in the season, FAW shouldn’t become a widespread economic problem. However, growers should be alert to the possibility of infestations on the last of their late plantings. Injury from newly hatched […]

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops

September 15, 2020 Tim Waller

Register for the September Nursery Twilight Meeting (credit-bearing online webinar)

Thursday, September 24th, 2020 6:00-7:00 pm Click here to register for the twilight meeting Registration password: nursery Click here to upload your government issued photo ID prior to the meeting We will NOT be checking photo-IDs within the actual session this time around (to better protect your information). However, you will still need to be […]

Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Plant Diagnostic Lab, Turf

September 14, 2020 Andy Wyenandt

Vegetable Disease Update – 9/14/20

No reports of Late blight in region. Late blight was reported in tomato and potato in western NY with no immediate threat to New Jersey. To track the progress of Late blight in the US please click here. Cucurbit downy mildew remains active on cucumber and cantaloupe in New Jersey. There have been no reports […]

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops

September 11, 2020 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson

Fruit IPM for 9/12/2020

Codling Moth (CM): Concern for internal worms, mostly codling moth, remains only for the latest varieties that ripen during October. Any grower with trap counts that exceed 5 moths per trap should still be treating for those latest varieties. Since we are either in or close to harvest, short PHI materials are important. CM effective […]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit

September 10, 2020 Stephen Komar

Ask the Agent Fall Series

“Ask the Ag Agent” was created in spring 2020, when COVID-19 forced a new normal in communications nationwide. Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agricultural Agents working with “Ask the Ag Agent” education and outreach are committed to the agriculture industry and all interested in growing plants, raising livestock and essential resources related to agriculture. The program will […]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Disease Forecasting, Field, Forage & Livestock, Food Safety, Fruit, Organic Production, Uncategorized, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: Ask the Agent, webinar

September 9, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

Vegetable IPM Update 9/09/20

Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults continue to be very low, and no map will appear in this edition. Fall armyworm (FAW) larval infestations are at fairly low levels. Infestations generally are in the single digits to below 20%, and with few plantings in the whorl stage at this point in the season, FAW […]

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops