Click to View | Download Report 8-2-16 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...August 1, 2016 Andy Wyenandt
‘Yukon Gold’ potato seed from Canada test positive for Dickeya dianthicola in U.S.
‘Yukon Gold’ (2015-3079137-010) certified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has tested positive for Dickeya dianthicola in Virginia this summer. This is the second report of Dickeya dianthicola in the U.S. originating from seed potato from New Brunswick, Canada this summer. Importantly, Dickeya-infested potato seed has also been shipped from multiple sources in Maine to 11 states […]
Continue reading...July 28, 2016 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 7-29-16
Click to View | Download Report 7-29-16 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 28, 2016 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson
Fruit IPM for 7/28/16
Peach: Cat-facing Insects, Tarnished Plant Bug (TPB) and Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB): BMSB traps show only very low levels of bugs. Where ground cover consists of numerous flowering weeds, TPB population is very high. Up to 37 adults and nymphs per 50 sweeps were seen this past week in northern counties.
Continue reading...July 28, 2016 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
The Cranberry Toad Bug – An Emerging Pest of Cranberries
We are seeing 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. Life cycle. Toad bugs, Phylloscelis atra, […]
Continue reading...July 28, 2016 Andy Wyenandt
Reminder: Dickeya discussion at National Plant Board meeting in Wilmington, DE on Weds. 8/3
The National Plant Board will be holding their annual meeting in Wilmington, DE on July 31 to August 4th. The National Plant Board plays a significant leadership role in regulation and policy rules in agricultural production with each state having a representative member. One of the topics of discussion will be Dickeya dianthicola which has caused significant problems […]
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