Rutgers Cooperative Extension
A farm in Southern NJ is experiencing an infestation of the granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Mot.). GAB was identified by expert Dr. James Lashomb at Rutgers. Adults are hunch-backed in appearance and are cinnamon or brownish in color. Females are 2.1-2.9mm in length and males are 1.5mm. Offspring are small white and legless c-shaped larvae. Females […]
Continue reading...Comments on the revisions made to the produce safety rule are due on December 15th. Regular posts will be made to the Plant and Pest Advisory focusing on the changes that have been made. Please consider commenting on the produce rule! The way that the FDA defines “farm” is important in determining what types of […]
Continue reading...It’s time to consider sanitation practices that can help reduce over wintering scab inoculum. These practices should be considered an essential part of apple IPM programs. In 2014 scab was once again a problem in most orchards we scouted. Even if you didn’t see scab on the fruit at harvest there still could be infected […]
Continue reading...Comments on the revisions made to the produce safety rule are due on December 15th. Regular posts will be made to the Plant and Pest Advisory focusing on the changes that have been made. Please consider commenting on the produce rule! Changes to Calculating Farm Sales for FSMA Compliance The previous version of the produce […]
Continue reading...Late blight was confirmed in a homeowner garden today near Clementon, NJ (Camden County) and here at the Rutgers research station near Bridgeton, NJ (Cumberland County). This is a good reminder that as long as weather conditions are conducive, the threat of late blight in the state and region will continue until the first killing […]
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A fresh market tomato from a home owner garden was dropped off the other day with some strange internal rot. The internal rot (photo 1) was most likely caused by water accumulating in areas immediately around the stem and as the fruit developed growth cracks (photo 2). This allowed for opportunistic fungi and bacteria into […]
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