Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) catches remain low, but are occurring in some locations with greater intensity (see ECB map at left). This is the early part of the second flight. In recent years, this flight has been very sporadic. ECB feeding in NJ sweet corn plantings is still nearly non-existent at this time, but should […]
Continue reading...Click to View | Download Report 8-2-17 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 […]
Continue reading...Click to View | Download Report 7-28-17 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 […]
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Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent and Dr. Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Fruit Entomology A number of growers have recently asked about treatments for grape root borer. Grape root borer (Vitacea polistiformis Harris) is a comparatively large clearwing moth. The adults can resemble Polistes wasps, and can often be confused with these insects, especially […]
Continue reading...Peach: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB): Adults are present at two sites in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties. Numbers are very low, and in both cases the orchard consists of weedy ground cover.
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Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) catches are still low, but catches are beginning to occur in more locations now (see ECB map at left). This is an indication that the second flight is beginning. ECB feeding in NJ sweet corn plantings is nearly non-existent at this time, but will appear again within 1-2 weeks. Check […]
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