Plant & Pest Advisory

Rutgers University | New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station | Pesticide User Responsibility

August 30, 2018 Thierry Besancon

Fall control of perennial weeds with herbicides

Late summer and fall are perfect times to work on tough-to-control perennial weeds such as Virginia creeper vine, bindweed, green-brier, Canada thistle, goldenrod, and poison ivy. These perennials are among the most difficult weeds to eradicate, especially because of their ability to generate new shoots from their root systems. Successful management strategies will mostly rely […]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Cranberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape

August 29, 2018 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

IPM Update 08/29/18

Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches are extremely low. The second flight has been very weak. Feeding signs in whorl corn remain low. There will be no map in this edition. Second generation feeding is often obscured by fall armyworm (FAW) feeding. Once plants hit full tassel, any ECB larvae present will move downward […]

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops

August 27, 2018 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar

Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-28-18

Click to View | Download Report 8-28-18 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 […]

Filed Under: Disease Forecasting Tagged With: potato, tomato

August 23, 2018 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar

Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-24-18

Click to View | Download Report 8-24-18 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 […]

Filed Under: Disease Forecasting Tagged With: potato, tomato

August 23, 2018 Matthew Elmore

Insane Rain

The summer of 2018 isn’t going away quietly for many in New Jersey. August 2018 will be remembered for a steady dose of torrential rain that has made turfgrass management extremely difficult, especially in the northern half of the state. In the last 30… Read More »

Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Turf

August 22, 2018 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

IPM Update 08/22/18

Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches remain unchanged. 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 tassel, any ECB larvae […]

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops