[Tuesday June 25, 2024]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final cancellation order for Corteva’s chlorpyrifos product “Dursban 50W in Water Soluble Packets” and three Gharda chlorpyrifos products, and an amendment to the exis… Read More »
Continue reading...June 26, 2024 Pat Hastings
IMPORTANT: EPA Issues Final Cancellation Order and Updates to Existing Stocks Provisions for Several Chlorpyrifos Products
June 24, 2024 Pat Hastings
EPA Releases Updates on Organophosphate Pesticides Dicrotophos, Dimethoate, and Tetrachlorvinphos
[Thursday 6/20/2024]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the Proposed Registration Review Interim Decisions (PIDs) for dicrotophos and dimethoate, as well as an Interim Registration Review Decision (ID) for tetrachlorvinphos (T… Read More »
Continue reading...June 24, 2024 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Sparganothis Fruitworm Degree-Day Update: as of June 24, 2024
Based on our degree-day model, Sparganothis fruitworm has accumulated 1038 degree-days (DD) as of June 24, using April 15 as the biofix date. This indicates that peak flight activity should have occurred at the end of last week. Historically, we recommend insecticide applications 10-14 days after peak flight. This period will fall between mid- to […]
Continue reading...June 23, 2024 Kate Brown
Beat the Heat: NWS Forecast Tools
The National Weather Service has graphical forecasts for many weather variables including heat index and wet bulb globe temperature which can be used to evaluate risk of heat stress. These predictive tools may be utilized to evaluate the risk of heat stress up to one week in advance and may aid in planning of field […]
Continue reading...June 21, 2024 Andy Wyenandt
The Curious Case of the Virus Infected Tomato Fruit
Original Article published on 6 June 2024 by Dr. Jerry Brust, University of Maryland Extension Ben Beale, educator from St. Mary’s County found an odd thing last week. He found in a grower’s high tunnel, tomato fruit that had the symptoms of a virus infection, but there were no foliar symptoms on any of the […]
Continue reading...June 20, 2024 Dave Schmitt and Kaitlin Quinn
Tree Fruit IPM Report June 20, 2024
Peach: Bacterial Spot: Fruit symptoms from this set of infections have begun to appear in southern counties. So far fruit symptoms are very low and only in highly susceptible varieties. Peaches are at or past pit hardening and fruit now has some resistance to bacterial spot. Infections can still occur but will be less unsightly […]
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