Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults have all but disappeared over the past week, and no map will appear in this edition. Larval infestations are sparse now, as the last corn plantings to be exposed to ECB in the whorl now have entered the silk stage. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB […]
Continue reading...Use Rutgers NJAES Worker Protection website loaded with “Quick-Connect” With EPA’s short term WPS training exemptions for COVID-19, provide your workers and handlers access to videos they can watch without being disturbed as an alternative … Read More »
Continue reading...Agricultural workers and pesticide handlers directly support the nation’s agricultural production and food supply and EPA is committed to ensuring they are protected from workplace hazards. EPA has released guidance regarding the annual pesticide safet… Read More »
Continue reading...Stink Bugs Apples and Peaches: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) activity is starting to increase in spotty locations.
Continue reading...The passing of tropical storm, Fay brought some needed precipitation to the region, albeit too much at once in many places. Relatively dry soils (assumes not being over-irrigated) and the long, warm days of summer should allow turfs to dry out reasonab… Read More »
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Cranberry toad bugs (Figure 1) should be the last insect pest of concern this season. Growers should start monitoring for this insect from now until the end of July. Life cycle. Toad bugs, Phylloscelis rubra (Hemiptera, Dictyopharidae), feed only on cranberries. This insect has a single generation per year. It overwinters as eggs. The nymphs […]
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