Click to View | Download Report 9-4-15 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...September 3, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Late Blight Found on Tomato: Morris County – 9/2/15
Late blight has been found in a small tomato planting near Chester in Morris County. This is the third late blight report this growing season in New Jersey and the first since mid-August. Although the weather around NJ has been hot and dry the past few weeks, morning dews and fogs are slowly starting to roll in […]
Continue reading...September 2, 2015 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 9/2/15
Sweet Corn The second European corn borer (ECB) generation continues to be weak. Catches are limited to scattered pockets registering more than one moth per week (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 […]
Continue reading...September 1, 2015 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 9-1-15
Click to View | Download Report 9-1-15 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 31, 2015 Meredith Melendez
Audit Ready: Sanitizing Surfaces in Post Harvest
Sanitizing product contact surfaces is important in reducing cross contamination risks. “Product contact surfaces” means anything that comes in contact with the product such as equipment, belts, rollers, brushes, tables, bins, sinks, tools, and reusable totes. Writing a standard operating procedure describing the specific steps of your cleaning process will help ensure that the surfaces […]
Continue reading...August 28, 2015 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-29-15
Click to View | Download Report 8-29-15 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 […]
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