Peach Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): The third brood should be treated based on the timings below. Overall pest pressure is light with some exceptions in northern counties.
Continue reading...July 15, 2015 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 7/15/15
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, […]
Continue reading...July 15, 2015 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cranberry Toad Bug: Life Cycle & Management
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...July 13, 2015 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 7-14-15
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...July 12, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Intro to Organic Vegetable Production Field Day from Penn State, Aug 6, 2015
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...July 12, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Of Note from UDel: Late blight Look-a-like in Potato & Late blight Lineages
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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