Have you ever felt that you did everything right at controlling brown rot during the preharvest period, but still got a significant amount of brown rot at harvest? Your preharvest fungicide applications were at tight intervals during the roughly 21-day fruit ripening period. Rains occurred but you were protected. Even when you looked back at […]
Continue reading...April 15, 2019 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for April 15, 2019
Peach: Brown Rot: Blossom infections from the brown rot fungus can occur whenever pistils are exposed and a favorable climate exists. Infections can occur during any wetting period when temperatures are between 41 and 86 °F. However, optimum conditions for infection occur with wetting and temperatures in the mid 70’s.
Continue reading...April 15, 2019 Thierry Besancon
Optimizing preemergence weed control in established blueberry for 2019
Several long-residual herbicides with different modes of action (MOA) are labeled for established blueberry. In order to reduce the potential of selecting for herbicide-resistant weeds, it is highly recommended mixing two residual herbicides with different MOA whenever you apply preemergence herbicides. Casoron (dichlobenil) is a cellulose synthesis inhibitor recommended for fall application to control many […]
Continue reading...April 15, 2019 Matthew Elmore
Roughstalk bluegrass
Roughstalk bluegrass (Poa trivialis) is a cool-season perennial grass often considered a weed. Light green in color it is most obvious in the early spring when it grows more rapidly than other turfgrasses. As temperatures rise in the summer its growth … Read More »
Continue reading...April 10, 2019 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Allium leaf miner 04/10/19
Allium Leaf Miner Allium leaf miner (ALM) feeding was detected in one commercial planting of chives near Lawrenceville, NJ on Tuesday of this week. Degree-day accumulations at this site were 46.5, base 50 F as of Tuesday. Sticky traps at this same site yielded no flies. Additionally, trap and inspection sites at Milford (Hunterdon Co. […]
Continue reading...April 10, 2019 Megan Muehlbauer
2019 North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting II
2019 North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting Series Twilight Meeting II May 8, 2019 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm Light Dinner provided from 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Hosted by: Rutgers University Snyder Research and Extension Farm 140 Locust Grove Road Pittstown, NJ 08867 Registration is free, however please RSVP by Tuesday May 7 […]
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