Plant & Pest Advisory

August 16, 2017 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson

Fruit IPM for August 16, 2017

Peach: Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD), Crop Diversity, Alternate Hosts, Wild Grape, Tall Trees and ‘Ready to Eat Fruit, Table-Ripe’ Fruit: Some farms, particularly in northern counties have diverse crops where stone fruit, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and cherries (all SWD hosts) are grown on the same farm and often next to or close to each […]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape

August 14, 2017 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar

Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-15-17

Click to View | Download Report 8-15-17 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 10, 2017 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar

Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-11-17

Click to View | Download Report 8-11-17 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 10, 2017 Andy Wyenandt

Vegetable Disease Update – 8/10/17

Late blight (US-23) was reported on tomato in Chester County in Southeastern PA this week. US-23 is active on both tomato and potato. All NJ tomato and potato growers are encouraged to scout their fields on a daily basis. Late blight has not been reported in NJ to date. If you suspect Late blight on your […]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Vegetable Crops

August 9, 2017 Joe Ingerson-Mahar

Vegetable IPM Update: Week Ending 8/9/2017

Note: Due to technical difficulties, only sweet corn related maps and information will appear in this edition of the IPM Update. We hope to resume full coverage next week. Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adult numbers have again subsided, and no map will appear here. As with last year, […]

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops

August 7, 2017 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar

Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-8-17

Click to View | Download Report 8-8-17 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