A boxwood per day helps keep the doctors away! All of us here in the Plant Diagnostic Lab must be pretty healthy then–since the boxwood blight outbreak in 2013, we get a dose of dead boxwood almost every day.
Continue reading...June 8, 2015 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 6-9-15
Click to View | Download Report 6-9-15 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...June 4, 2015 Meredith Melendez
Audit Ready: Tank Cleaning Procedures
Do not forget to include your cleaning procedures for irrigation water tanks and pesticide application tanks in your food safety plan. Auditors will be looking for this information during the audit process. The cleaning and maintenance of these tanks falls under standard 2.8 Vehicles, Equipment, Tools and Utensils. Auditors will look for the following: 1. Equipment […]
Continue reading...June 3, 2015 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 6/3/15
Sweet Corn Cold temperatures and rain this week have prevented catches of European corn borer (ECB) from rising, and much of the activity represented in the map occurred over the weekend. Areas of highest activity include parts of Hunterdon, Morris and Burlington counties (see ECB map). Low level ECB infestations are present in early sweet […]
Continue reading...June 3, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Basil Downy Mildew Reported: Southern New Jersey – 6/3/15
Basil downy mildew (Peronospora belbahrii) has been found in a field near Vineland, New Jersey. This is the first report of downy mildew in field-grown basil in New Jersey this year. All basil growers need to scout on a daily basis and initiate a preventative fungicide program.
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