Click to View | Download Report 6-22-18 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 6/20/18

Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches in black light traps are very low. The highest activity now in north central areas (see ECB map). Feeding continues to increase, although infestations are spotty.
Continue reading...Sparganothis Fruitworm Degree-Day Update: as of June 21, 2018
Based on our degree-day (DD) model for Sparganothis fruitworm, peak flight is expected at around 884 DD and first eggs hatched expected at 895 DD (see chart). As of June 21, Sparganothis has accumulated 951 DD (using April 15 as biofix). This indicates that we have passed peak flight and eggs have just started to […]
Continue reading...Fruit IPM For June 20, 2018

Special Spotted Wing Drosophila Alert: SWD on All Small Fruit and Cherries: ANY GROWER with caneberries, strawberries, blueberries, other smooth thin skinned small fruit, and cherries, should be on an SWD program. Adults are laying eggs and internal larvae have already been seen in non-treated plantings and reported by growers in northern counties.
Continue reading...Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 6-19-18
Click to View | Download Report 6-19-18 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...2018 Cranberry Growers Twilight Meeting
We would like to invite all cranberry growers to the 2018 Cranberry Growers Twilight Meeting. Location: P.E. Marucci Center, 125A Lake Oswego Rd., Chatsworth, NJ Date: July 03, 2018 Time: 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M Agenda 5:00-5:30 PM “Pesticide Regulation and Safety Update”, Patricia Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator 5:30-6:00 PM Dinner 6:00-6:30 […]
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