Potato Disease Forecasting Report 5-30-14 – Click to Download 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 in southern […]
Continue reading...May 29, 2014 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 5-30-14
5-30-14 Tomato Report – Click to Download Disease severity values (DSVs) for early blight, septoria leaf spot, and tomato anthracnose development are determined daily based on leaf wetness (due to rainfall, dew) and air temperature. On a daily basis DSV values can range from 0 to 4 where 0 = no chance for disease development […]
Continue reading...May 28, 2014 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, and Atanas Atanassov
Fruit IPM Report May 27, 2014
Click to View | Download PDF This week in Fruit IPM Peach Apple Pear Scouting Calendar Blueberry Tree Fruit Trap Counts Blueberry Trap Counts
Continue reading...May 28, 2014 Jim Murphy
Right On Cue: Dollar Spot Disease
Exactly like Dr. Bruce Clarke teaches, Memorial Day arrives and so does dollar spot disease. Symptoms appear as round, brown to straw-colored spots approximately the size of a silver dollar. On short cut turf, the spots with advanced damage can become somewhat sunken. At taller cutting heights (greater than 1 inch), the damaged spots are […]
Continue reading...May 27, 2014 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 5/28/14
Vegetable IPM Report 5-28-14 – Click to View | Download | Print Maps for the Week -European Corn Borer Population Map -Pepper Weevil Trap Catch Map Topics for the Week Sweet Corn Cole Crops Peppers Tomatoes Pepper Weevil Report BMSB
Continue reading...May 27, 2014 Peter Oudemans and Daniel Ward
What to Do if Hail Hit Your Vineyard
If you were hit by a hailstorm on May 22nd, as we were at RAREC, you are probably making some hard decisions on what to do in the vineyard. Removal of dead and compromised leaves and flower clusters will help reduce development of fungal pathogens. Stem wounding will be a big concern especially for vineyards […]
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