Plant & Pest Advisory

August 6, 2015 Meredith Melendez

Audit Ready: Handling Unwritten Policies

In both the GAPs and Harmonized audits there are standards that focus on policies, yet the checklist does not indicate that a written policy is required. You can choose to not write these policies in your plan but you and your employees need to be prepared to answer questions from the auditor about these policies. […]

Filed Under: Food Safety, Fruit, Vegetable Crops

August 5, 2015 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

Vegetable IPM Quick Update

There has been little change in the corn earworm (CEW) situation over the past week. Very few individuals have been captured north of Camden County. For silking sweet corn, the following spray schedules are warranted. Silking Spray Schedules: South – 3-5 days Central –4-6 days North – 6 days

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops

August 4, 2015 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar

Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-4-15

Click to View | Download Report 8-4-15 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 […]

Filed Under: Disease Forecasting

August 2, 2015 Andy Wyenandt

Vegetable Disease Briefs – 8/2/15

There have been no new reports of late blight in New Jersey since 7/8 although it has been reported in other States in the region. To track late blight in the US please visit http://usablight.org/ Cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on cucumber in New Jersey and on cucumber and butternut squash. All cucurbit growers […]

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops

August 2, 2015 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona

American Cranberry Growers Association 2015 Summer Field Day

The American Cranberry Growers Association 2015 Summer Field Day will be held on Thursday August 20, 2015 at the P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension, Chatsworth, NJ AGENDA CRANBERRY BOGS 8:30–8:45 Opening Remarks Shawn Cutts, President, American Cranberry Growers Association 8:45-9:05 Virus Observations in the Field-Symptoms and Detection (Bog 8) James […]

Filed Under: Cranberry, Fruit

July 31, 2015 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar

Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 7-31-15

Click to View | Download Report 7-31-15 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 […]

Filed Under: Disease Forecasting