Click to View | Download Report 6-10-16 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...Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 6/08/16

Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adult catches have declined, and are now quite low throughout the state. The most consistent catches at this time range from southwestern Burlington County through Cumberland County (see ECB map). The earliest sweet corn plantings are now silking in southern NJ, and are approaching full tassel in some northern sites. […]
Continue reading...Fruit IPM for 6-7-2016
San Jose Scale ready to emerge and aphids in blueberries. View the full update for 6-7-2016.
Continue reading...Vegetable Disease Briefs – 6/7/16
Late blight (US23) was reported on potato on the Eastern Shore last week. All tomato and potato growers in the region should scout on a regular basis. Cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on cucumber as far north as central North Carolina this past week. Pythium root rot has been reported on a number of […]
Continue reading...Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 6-7-16
Click to View | Download Report 6-7-16 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...Late blight confirmed in VA on 6/3/16
Late blight was confirmed on potato in Accomack County, VA located on the Eastern Shore just south of the Maryland border. This is the second report of Late blight in the mid-Atlantic region this growing season. All tomato and potato growers should scout their fields on a regular basis. Growers who have not initiated standard protectant fungicide […]
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