Downy mildew was confirmed on pea last week. The cool, damp weather the past week has been ideal for downy mildew development on spring crops. Soft rot, caused by Pectobacterium spp., was detected on planted potato seed last week in southern New Jersey. Bacterial leaf spot in romaine lettuce was found in the past week. The […]
Continue reading...May 28, 2018 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 5-29-18
Click to View | Download Report 5-29-18 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...May 24, 2018 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 5-25-18
Click to View | Download Report 5-25-18 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...Fruit IPM for 5/24/18
Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: First generation timings are updated below: According to the model, treatments should be over for the first generation flight statewide. However trap counts at several sites still show captures above the treatment threshold of 6/trap. Pest pressure is quite high on some farms in northern counties.
Continue reading...May 24, 2018 Megan Muehlbauer
North Jersey Fruit Growers Twilight Meeting June 7, 2018
North Jersey Fruit Growers Twilight Meeting 2018 Sponsored by Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) of Hunterdon and Morris County Date: June 7, 2018 Location: Valley Crest Farm & Preserve 14 Allerton Road, Lebanon, NJ 08833 Light dinner for those who RSVP by June 1, 2018 to (908) 788-1339 5:00 pm Welcome to […]
Continue reading...May 23, 2018 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
IPM Update 5/23/18
Sweet Corn The black light trap network is nearly complete at this time. To date, no corn earworm (CEW) have been captured. Increasing numbers of European corn borer (ECB) moths have been captured this past week, although numbers are still quite low. At present, the highest activity is in portions of northern Burlington and northwestern Ocean counties (see ECB map). […]
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