Rutgers Cooperative Extension
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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Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) catches remain very low, and no map will appear in this edition. Feeding in NJ sweet corn plantings is also low, with remaining larval infestations only on pre-tassel stage corn in the northern counties. Check 5 plants each in 10 random locations for a 50 plant sample. Look for “shot-hole” […]
Continue reading...Click to View | Download Report 7-11-17 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 […]
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Have you seen this Insect? Some people may think it is a moth but it’s really a plant hopper known as the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma deliculata (White) and is a member of the order Hemiptera, family Fulgoridae. Its normal distribution is in eastern Asia, China, India, and Vietnam and has been found in Japan and […]
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If your beds have damage caused by root-feeding insects, you should consider treatment with Imidacloprid (e.g. Admire Pro, Alias 4F, Alias 2F) immediately after bees are removed. Occurrence of root-feeding insects will manifest by the presence of dead patches (see picture). Pull dead vines and search through the root zone and soil for grubs and […]
Continue reading...A recent question from a raspberry grower in North Jersey asked about treatments for SWD on raspberries. The following table is from Cornell University – Greg Loeb, Laura McDermott, Peter Jentsch, Tess Grasswitz and Juliet Carroll, and published in the New York State Berry Growers Association newsletter:
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