Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Sweet Corn There is still very little European corn borer (ECB) adult activity at this time. Few individuals have been captured throughout NJ this past week (see ECB map). ECB infestations are absent from sweet corn plantings. We would expect to see signs of the second flight within the next week or so. As always, […]
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Recently the cranberry toad bug, Phylloscelis atra (Figure 1), has become a problematic pest of cranberries in New Jersey. Toad bugs are hemipteran insects, similar to blunt-nosed leafhoppers, but belong to the Family Dictyopharidae (planthoppers) as opposed to leafhoppers, which belong to the family Cicadellidae.
Continue reading...Click to View | Download Report 7-14-15 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...Location Good Work Farm 4791 Rock Road Zionsville, PA 18092 Date: August 6, 2015 from 4 to 7 pm 4:00 PM Farm Tour 4:45 PM Scouting and Identification Exercise 5:45 PM Disease Management and Discussion 6:30 PM Dinner Registration This field day is part of the Introduction to Organic Vegetable Production series. No pre-registration is […]
Continue reading...Two important topics were addressed by Dr. Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist in Plant Pathology at the University of Delaware this week in the Weekly Crop Update. Phytophthora nictotiana, a late blight look-a-like, was found on potato in DE Explaining Late blight lineages in relationship to thier potential host and sensitivity to mefenoxam We have on occasion […]
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Verticillium wilt is a common soil-borne fungal pathogen that once it has infested soil can remain for a very long time. Verticillium wilt is caused by either Verticillium albo-atrium or Verticillium dahlia and has a wide host range (over 200 plant species). Both pathogens can survive (overwinter) as microsclerotia in the soil. Verticillium wilt prefers […]
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