There have been no new reports of Late blight this this past week. All abandoned tomato fields should be mowed down or burned down with herbicide once harvesting is done. Pepper anthracnose remains active. Weekly maintenance sprays should continue as long as harvesting continues in fields where anthracnose is active. Following the heavy rains and with more […]
Continue reading...October 5, 2016 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 10/05/16
Sweet Corn Corn earworm moth (CEW) activity has been fairly steady over the past week. Patches of locally higher activity remain within a generally low population (see CEW map). Catches are now rising and falling with night time temperatures. It is advisable to incorporate materials into the spray program that have different modes of action from the pyrethroids. This includes […]
Continue reading...September 28, 2016 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 9/28/16
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moths are nearly non-existent now. There are no particular areas of higher activity, and no map will appear in this edition. It is unlikely that we will realize any further injury from this pest this season. Nearly all remaining sweet corn plantings are now in the silk stage. Fall armyworm […]
Continue reading...September 22, 2016 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Briefs – 9/22/16
There have been no new reports of Late blight this this past week. All abandoned tomato fields should be mowed down or burned down with herbicide once harvesting is done. Following the heavy rain, bacterial leaf spot in pepper and marginal necrosis and leaf spot in leafy greens are being reported. Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed […]
Continue reading...September 22, 2016 Andy Wyenandt
Organic potato growers in New Jersey not immune to Dickeya dianthicola.
As the season begins to wind down for many organic farmers in New Jersey and the rest of the mid-Atlantic region, the question now becomes where to get potato seed for next year? Using PCR testing and North American Certified Seed Potato Health Certificates to track lot numbers, Dickeya dianthicola has been reported in 16 states (DE, FL, MD, […]
Continue reading...September 21, 2016 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 9/21/16
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth numbers have decreased this past week such that only a handful of moths were captured. There are no particular areas of higher activity, and no map will appear in this edition. It is unlikely that we will realize any further injury from this pest this season. The highest nightly […]
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