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 […]
Continue reading...Corn Earworm Control in Sweet Corn
In the past, pyrethroid insecticides did very well against corn earworm. But in recent years we have seen the decline in the effectiveness of pyrethroids due to the development of resistance in the earworm population. Farmers who rely heavily on these insecticides run the risk of crop loss. Pyrethroids (IRAC group 3A) can still be used but […]
Continue reading...Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-10-18
Click to View | Download Report 8-10-18 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 […]
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