Dr. Albert Ayeni of Rutgers Department of Plant Biology summarized ongoing work of our Ethnic Crop Research Group exploring new crops for the diverse ethnic populations of the Garden State and beyond in an article published on HortDaily.com during the summer. According to Ayeni, “Ethnic (or Exotic) crops present new opportunities for growers, produce marketers […]
Continue reading...April 21, 2020 Tim Waller
Sustainable Nursery Production Website Updates / Join Our Nursery Grower Email List
Please visit (click on links) the Rutgers Sustainable Nursery Production website for the following: Join our Nursery Growers email list: please email Brandi Williams at brandiwi@co.cumberland.nj.us to stay connected during this time of COVID-19 social distancing and beyond. We will only email you important nursery industry related materials. Voice your needs: please complete the 2020 Nursery Industry Survey to help the […]
Continue reading...April 21, 2020 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 4/21/20
Bacterial leaf spot has been reported on savoy cabbage in southern New Jersey. Timber rot has been reported in greenhouse pepper in southern New Jersey. For more information on white mold on tomato and pepper click here. Cold weather injury has been reported in numerous vegetable crops throughout the state. Bacterial leaf blight in Cilantro […]
Continue reading...April 21, 2020 Andy Wyenandt
Recognizing cold injury in spring crops
If the erratic, wet weather wasn’t enough, temperatures have fluctuated wildly this spring with night time temperatures dropping to near freezing in some parts of the state and region in recent days. With this comes the potential for cold injury on spring planted crops. Cold injury can take may different shapes on affected plants and […]
Continue reading...April 20, 2020 Anne Nielsen
Integrating Management for Key Orchard Pests
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 […]
Continue reading...April 20, 2020 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for April 21, 2020
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 […]
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