Click to View | Download Report 8-16-16 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 15, 2016 Andy Wyenandt
Dickeya dianthicola Update: 8/16/16
Using PCR test results and North American Certified Seed Potato Health Certificates to track Lot No., Dickeya dianthicola has been reported in 12 states (DE, FL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, VA, WV, and OH) on nine potato varieties to date in 2016. These varieties include: ‘Reba’, ‘Superior’, ‘Vivaldi’, ‘Norwis’, ‘Snowden’, ‘Yukon Gold’, ‘Beacon Chipper’, ‘Kennebec’, […]
Continue reading...August 15, 2016 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Briefs – 8/15/16
Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on cucumber in New Jersey. To date, cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on cucumber and melon in the mid-Atlantic region. All cucumber growers need to add a downy mildew-specific fungicide to their weekly fungicide programs. All cucurbit growers need to scout on a regular basis. There have been […]
Continue reading...August 12, 2016 Michael Westendorf
More Backyard Poultry
It was pointed out to me in my previous backyard poultry post that Rutgers has few resources about backyard poultry and many of these are older. I put together a set of resources that can be used as an overview about small flocks and backyard poultry. Most of these are taken from the University of […]
Continue reading...August 11, 2016 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-12-16
Click to View | Download Report 8-12-16 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 10, 2016 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 8/10/16
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adult activity continues to be very low. Areas of highest activity have shifted to the central counties, and particularly Mercer County (see ECB map). As always, consider treating when the number of infested plants in a 50 plant sample exceeds 12%. Any planting remaining at or above threshold as it […]
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