Click to View | Download Report 7-10-15 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 9, 2015 Dean Polk
Fruit IPM Report 7-9-2015
Peach Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): While we are still between flights, trap counts indicate a slight pick up of moth activity for the start of the 3rd flight. The first insecticides will be due by the middle of the month in southern counties and about a week later in northern counties. Time your sprays according […]
Continue reading...July 9, 2015 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 7/8/15
Sweet Corn We are still between European corn borer (ECB) adult generations at this time. Very few individuals have been captured throughout NJ this past week (see ECB map). ECB infestations are almost gone from all sweet corn plantings. We would expect to see signs of the second flight within the next two weeks. As […]
Continue reading...July 9, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Cucurbit Downy Mildew Confirmed on Cucumber in NJ – ALERT – 7/9/15
Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on cucumber in Salem County, New Jersey. This is the first report of cucurbit downy mildew in the state this growing season. The pathogen has also been found on watermelon in DE and MD and on cucumber in PA. All cucurbit growers should consider adding a downy mildew specific […]
Continue reading...July 9, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Anthracnose and Alternaria Leaf Blight in Cucurbit Crops
Anthracnose and Alternaria leaf blights are showing up in cucurbit crops. Weather conditions in the region continue to be ideal for disease development across all vegetable crops. The regular rainfall and high humidity that have plagued the region only acts to exacerbate problems. All cucurbit growers should be on high alert for foliar diseases such […]
Continue reading...July 9, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Want More Information on Late Blight, Cucurbit Downy Mildew & Other Vegetable Diseases?
Look for it in the Vegetable Crops Edition Sidebar (shown right). As with Rutgers, other universities in the mid-Atlantic region share important information with vegetable growers in their respective states. Much of this information is extremely useful for conventional and organic vegetable growers in New Jersey. All of this information is shared, along with our own, […]
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