Rutgers Cooperative Extension
The following insect pests bear special mention for early-season scouting in cranberry bogs: Blackheaded fireworm – Blackheaded fireworm eggs overwinter on the bed and usually hatch by around mid-May (at this time of the year). It is important to catch the first generation, if possible, because the second generation occurs during bloom and is typically […]
Continue reading...Click to View | Download Report 5-15-18 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...Click to View | Download Report 5-11-18 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...The 2018 peach bloom period in New Jersey, about 10 days late this season, is now coming to a close. Shucks are splitting and detaching, exposing the newly formed fruit to the outside world for the first time. And the bacterial spot pathogen, Xanthomonas arboricola pv pruni, has been patiently waiting in the overwintering spring […]
Continue reading...Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: First generation timings are updated below: OFM 1st Generation Timing Insecticide Type County/Region Degree Days by 5/9 base 45 Conventional 170-200, 350-375 Diamide 100-150, 300-350 Gloucester – Southern 230 1st – past 2nd – 5/13-14 1st – past 2nd – 5/11-13 Hunterdon – Northern 186 1st – 5/9-10 2nd – 5/19-20 […]
Continue reading...Click to View | Download Report 5-8-18 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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