Click to View | Download Report 8-16-18 Potato Disease Forecasting Report We will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. The first late blight fungicide application is recommended once 18 DSVs accumulate from green row. Green row typically occurs around the first week in May […]
Continue reading...IPM Update 08/15/18

Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches in black light traps remain very low. The second flight is weak, with many traps catching no individuals. Feeding signs in whorl corn have been exceptionally low. There will be no map in this edition. Second generation feeding is often obscured by fall armyworm (FAW) feeding. Once plants hit full […]
Continue reading...Vegetable Disease Update – 8/13/18
Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on cucumber, butternut squash, and pumpkin in NJ this growing season. Recent weather has been ideal for its development. All cucurbit growers should scout their fields on a regular basis and consider adding a downy mildew specific fungicide to their weekly maintenance sprays. CDM has been reported in giant pumpkin and cantaloupe in […]
Continue reading...Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-13-18
Click to View | Download Report 8-13-18 Potato Disease Forecasting Report We will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. The first late blight fungicide application is recommended once 18 DSVs accumulate from green row. Green row typically occurs around the first week in May […]
Continue reading...Dog Days and Cool-Season Grass
According to Merriam-Webster, dog days is the period between early July and early September when the hot sultry weather of summer usually occurs in the northern hemisphere; a period of stagnation or inactivity. The dog is actually the Dog Star &… Read More »
Continue reading...Fruit IPM for 8/12/18

It’s Here! Spotted lanternfly was found on Friday August 10 on a commercial Hunterdon County fruit and vegetable farm. The insect was found in a Tree of Heaven being used as a trap tree with a plastic catch basin placed around the base of the tree, and the first 5-6 feet of the trunk sprayed […]
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