At the beginning of March we were potentially a week or two away from annual bluegrass seedhead emergence thanks to an extremely warm February. Cooler temperatures prevailed and significant snowfall across much of the Northeast brought soil temperatures down and put the brakes on annual bluegrass development for a few weeks. It’s now the beginning of […]
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April 2, 2017 Matthew Elmore
Hurry Up and Wait. Now Go!
At the beginning of March we were potentially a week or two away from annual bluegrass seedhead emergence thanks to an extremely warm February. Cooler temperatures prevailed and significant snowfall across much of the Northeast brought soil temperatures down and put the brakes on annual bluegrass development for a few weeks. It’s now the beginning of […]
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March 24, 2017 Andy Wyenandt
Best management practices for managing Dickeya dianthicola in potato – 2017
Using PCR test results and North American Certified Seed Potato Health Certificates to track Lot no., Dickeya dianthicola was reported in 22 states (ME, DE, FL, MD, MA, MN, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, VA, WV, WI, OH, IN, MO, MI, TX, ND, ID, and NM) on at least eleven potato varieties in 2016. Some of these varieties included: ‘Reba’, […]
Continue reading...March 24, 2017 Andy Wyenandt
Understanding Damping-off Pathogens in Transplant Production
Damping-off is caused by a number of important vegetable pathogens and is very common during transplant production and early-spring. Damping-off can kill seedlings before they break the soil line (pre-emergent damping-off) or kill seedlings soon after they emerge (post-emergent damping-off). Common pathogens that cause damping-off include Pythium, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia and Fusarium spp. It is extremely […]
Continue reading...March 24, 2017 Andy Wyenandt
Greenhouse Disease Management: Transplant Production
Proper greenhouse sanitation is important for healthy, disease-free vegetable transplant production. Efforts need to be made to keep transplant production greenhouses free of unnecessary plant debris and weeds which may harbor insect pests and disease. All equipment, benches, flats, plug trays and floors should be properly cleaned and then disinfested prior to use and efforts […]
Continue reading...March 23, 2017 Pat Hastings
Rutgers-Recommended “Good Reads” on the Revised WPS
Not that EPA’s 2015 “Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Revisions” 40 CFR 170 (PDF) is a snoozer… Rutgers recommends several resources that will give you a leg up when it comes to understanding the revisions to the federal WPS: Quick Reference Guide to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) as Revised in 2015 (PDF). This one-page double-sided chart outlines requirements of […] Read More »
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