Click to View | Download Report 7-25-17 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...July 21, 2017 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson
Fruit IPM for 7/21/17
Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): Treatments for the third brood are almost over. The second and final treatments are due in southern counties by this weekend. The first sprays for this brood are due in northern counties by this weekend. As with the previous generations, timing for the third generation depends on the type of […]
Continue reading...July 20, 2017 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 7-21-17
Click to View | Download Report 7-21-17 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...July 19, 2017 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
The Cranberry Toad Bug – An Update
We are seeing an increase in the number of nymphs of toad bugs in cranberry beds. Growers need to be aware of this insect and treat if numbers reach high levels (there is no current threshold). We are currently conducting studies to estimate the density of toad bugs that can cause economic injury to cranberries. […]
Continue reading...July 19, 2017 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 7/19/17
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) catches continue to be very low, and no map will appear in this edition. There have been a few traps that have begun to record minor increases, however. ECB feeding in NJ sweet corn plantings is also low. Check 5 plants each in 10 random locations for a 50 […]
Continue reading...July 19, 2017 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 7/19/17
Cucurbit downy mildew (CDM) has been confirmed on cucumber in northern and southern New Jersey. All cucumber growers should consider adding downy mildew specific products to their regular maintenance programs. CDM has been reported cantaloupe and Butternut squash in PA. Basil downy mildew has been reported in New Jersey. There have been no new reports of Late […]
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