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 […]
Continue reading...Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 7-18-17
Click to View | Download Report 7-18-17 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...Cucurbit Downy Mildew ALERT – 7/17/17
Cucurbit downy mildew was confirmed on cucumber in northern New Jersey (Hunterdon County) today in the cucurbit downy mildew sentinel plot at the Snyder Research and Extension Farm in Pittstown. This is the fourth report of CDM on cucumber in New Jersey this growing season. No other cucurbit crops were affected. All cucumber growers in NJ are […]
Continue reading...Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 7-14-17
Click to View | Download Report 7-14-17 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...Fruit IPM for 7/13/17

Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): The 3rd OFM flight is well underway in all counties. These adults produce 3rd brood of larvae, which primarily infest the fruit.
Continue reading...BMSB is Under Attack!

Many of our fruit and vegetable growers throughout the state have been battling with populations of brown marmorated stink bug. This invasive pest feeds on most fruiting vegetables, small fruits, and tree fruits and can cause significant economic losses. One of the reasons that BMSB is such a bad pest is that when it arrived […]
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