Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches remain very low now. Only scattered individuals are now being captured, and growers are managing residual infestations. At the present, the highest adult activity is in Salem county, although it is quite low even there (see ECB map). Larval feeding ranges from single digits to above 20% in areas where […]
Continue reading...Time to start applications for second generation codling moth in apples. Protect ripening peaches from brown rot. Spotted wing drosophila still a problem. View the full update for 7-5-2016.
Continue reading...In addition to Dickeya dianthicola being found in ‘Superior’, ‘Reba’, ‘Snowden’, and ‘Norwis’ on 3 farms in New Jersey this year, the pathogen has also been detected in fields with seed originating from Maine on 5 farms on Long Island in ‘Reba’, ‘Vivialdi’, ‘Superior’, ‘Norwis’, and ‘Waneta’. Other varieties such as ‘Yukon Gold’ have also […]
Continue reading...Click to View | Download Report 7-5-16 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...Click to View | Download Report 7-1-16 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...Still time to treat for grape berry moth in grapes. Codling moth between generations with second flight about to start in apples. First spotted wing drosophila larvae found in untreated blueberry fruit. View the full update for 6-29-2016.
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