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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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Leaf mold (formerly Fulvia fulva) has been confirmed in field-grown tomatoes in Cape May County. Leaf mold occasionally appears in high tunnel or greenhouse tomato production in New Jersey. However, under ideal conditions the disease will develop in field-grown crops. The fungus will cause infection under prolonged periods leaf wetness and when relative humidity remains […]
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