Rutgers Cooperative Extension
By: Robert McDougall and Anne L. Nielsen Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is the practice of using biological information to efficiently and effectively control pests while reducing reliance of pesticides. IPM is typically depicted as a pyramid of tactics that build on each other moving from least toxic at the bottom to most disruptive at […]
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Evaluating Freeze Damage in Tree Fruit: The subfreezing temperatures on the morning of April 17 Caused injury at varying levels across the state. Lows ranged from 27-30 in southern counties. Much is the damage is now visible. Any physiological damage that is not visible now will appear as the season progresses. A helpful guide for […]
Continue reading...The CDC, FDA and USDA have no reports at this time of human illnesses that suggest coronavirus can be transmitted by food or food packaging. What should an operation do to protect their workers and themselves? Growers should inform employees concerning the importance of following recommended guidelines for their own health, the protection of co-workers […]
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Plastic mulch and trickle irrigation are expensive. Re-using the mulch for a second crop after the first can be an effective way to spread the cost. When the cost of supplies and labor are evaluated, re-using a field with trickle irrigation and black plastic mulch is an attractive idea, but weed control can be a […]
Continue reading...Protectant (contact) fungicides, such as the inorganics (copper, FRAC group M01) and sulfur (FRAC code M02); the dithiocarbamates (mancozeb, M03), phthalimides (Captan, M04), and chloronitriles (chlorothalonil, M05) are fungicides which have a low chance for fungicide resistance to develop. Protectant fungicides typically offer broad spectrum control for many different pathogens. Why wouldn’t fungi develop resistance […]
Continue reading...FRAC Group 11 Fungicides The strobilurin, or QoI fungicides (FRAC group 11) are extremely useful in controlling a broad spectrum of common vegetable pathogens. You may know some of strobilurins as azoxystrobin (Quadris), trifloxystrobin (Flint), pyraclostrobin (Cabrio), or Pristine (pyraclostrobin + boscalid, 11 + 7). For example, FRAC group 11 active ingredients such as azoxystrobin […]
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