Click to View | Download Report 5-17-16 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...May 16, 2016 Andy Wyenandt
Basil downy mildew – 24c’s granted for Subdue Maxx and Heritage use in greenhouse
Special local needs labels (24c) have been granted for the use of Subdue Maxx (mefenoxam, 4) and Heritage (azoxystrobin, 11) for downy mildew (Peronospora belbahrii) on basil transplants grown for resale to consumers in New Jersey. Micora (mandipropamid, 40) also has a supplemental label for the control of basil downy mildew in the greenhouse. In […]
Continue reading...May 13, 2016 Richard Buckley
Ladies and Gentlemen: Start Your Engines!
In February, I was scheduled to speak at a landscape program in Rockville, MD. Before I went on, I had a chance to chat with one of the other speakers–the esteemed entomologist from the University of Maryland, Dr. Mike Raupp–who said concerning the Emerald Ash Borer, “nobody believes you until the trees start dying.”
Continue reading...May 13, 2016 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 5-13-16
Click to View | Download Report 5-13-16 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...May 12, 2016 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Pest Alert: Probable Allium Leafminer infestations found in NJ
Two probable infestations of allium leafminer have been discovered. One of these was on the Hunterdon/Warren County border involving overwintered garlic and onions planted this spring. The second, a very minor infestation, was found near Princeton in Mercer County on overwintered chives. While we await word from USDA as to where specimens should be sent […]
Continue reading...May 12, 2016 Norman Lalancette
New Fungicide for Peach Disease Control
The fungicide Luna Sensation has been registered for use on peach. This fungicide was previously registered on apple and cherry in 2012. Due to its recent release this spring for peach disease control, Luna Sensation was not included in the latest 2016 publication of the New Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guide. Thus, below is […]
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