Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth activity is now increasing in a few areas of the state (see ECB map) . Larval infestations have yet to appear. Be sure to begin monitoring plantings for ECB feeding while they are still in the whorl stage. Consider treating when the number of infested plants in a 50 plant sample exceeds […]
Continue reading...Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): The third flight is underway in southern counties, and about to start in northern counties. Populations are low in peaches, but higher in apples.
Continue reading...Dr. Meg McGrath, vegetable pathologist with Cornell University on Long Island has published her 2016 cucurbit powdery mildew control report. The report contains useful information for conventional and organic growers. Please click here to see report. For more information on controlling cucurbit powdery mildew, please see the 2016 Mid-Atlantic Commercial Vegetable Recommendations Guide.
Continue reading...Asparagus rust has been reported. All growers with nursery, 1-, or 2 yr-old plantings should scout regularly and apply a protectant fungicide if one hasn’t initiated fungicide program to date. Bacterial leaf spot in pepper has been reported in southern New Jersey. Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on cucumber in New Jersey. All cucurbit […]
Continue reading...Click to View | Download Report 7-19-16 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...An article by Rosemary Gordon in Growing Produce, the online version of American Vegetable Grower, outlines the problems caused by Dickeya dianthicola that some potato growers in the Eastern U.S. are facing this summer. The article is looking for feedback from those potato growers affected by Dickeya either this summer or last as University researchers from across the […]
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