Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Peach: Bacterial Spot: Fruit symptoms are very low and only in highly susceptible varieties. Growers should continue to manage using Oxytetracycline and lower rates of copper, especially around rainy periods and severe weather. Fruit will become less susceptible to infection at pit hardening which is occurring now. Rusty Spot: Rusty spot infections are appearing on […]
Continue reading...Calling all commercial basil growers, researchers, home gardeners, and basil enthusiasts! Our team at Rutgers University, UMass Amherst, Bar-Ilan University, and University of Florida are asking for your help! Basil production is still threatened by the devastating Basil Downy Mildew disease and current methods of prevention and resistance are wavering. It appears that the pathogen […]
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Greetings from the Veg IPM team! Sweet Corn With the hot weather, we’re starting to see sweet corn really coming along. Some plantings of sweet corn are silking (especially in the south), so it’s time to think about corn earworm management. Moth captures in the Southern part of the state (see map) are indicating that […]
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Bagworms should begin hatching NOW through – 4 weeks in NJ, beginning in the southern regions. Now is an optimal time to get this pest on your radar and prepare materials or approaches to attack first/second instar caterpillars. The control window for this pest is typically between 600-900 GDD50 when they begin to hatch and become airborne, i.e. the “ballooning” […]
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Peach: Diseases: Bacterial Spot: Bacterial spot leaf symptoms appeared on highly susceptible varieties in southern counties starting in May. Leaf infections appear water soaked, stay within the leaf veins, and gradually darken (Figure 1). Eventually the chlorotic tissue abscises from the leaf leaving a “shot-hole”. Copper injury appears similar. The main differences are copper injury […]
Continue reading...Heat exposure for agricultural laborers should be a consideration when working outside and even in non-airconditioned buildings. When a person’s ability to adapt to heat stress is exceeded, exposure can lead to reduced productivity, mistakes in job performance, increased workplace incidents, and/or heat-related illnesses. Each person’s heat tolerance varies and several factors including type of […]
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