If you haven’t noticed, spring has sprung in earnest. Spring flowering trees and shrubs have popped and are already fading. The buds of many other plants are breaking everywhere. Right along with the plants come the critters.
Continue reading...May 16, 2014 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 5-16-14
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 5-16-14 – 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 16, 2014 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 5-16-14
5-16-14 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 16, 2014 Pat Hastings
Pesticide Worker Protection Inspection Warning
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Pesticide Control Program (NJDEP) has announced that federal agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) compliance farm inspections will be conducted mid-May through July. Be a prepared agricultural employer. Take the necessary actions this week to make sure your farm is in compliance to avoid citations. Two outstanding farm employer resources […]
Continue reading...May 15, 2014 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, and Atanas Atanassov
Fruit IPM Report May 14, 2014
This week in Fruit IPM Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB): Emergence from overwintering sites has started! Both male and females are being found in pheromone traps and blacklight traps throughout the state. Any insecticides or insecticide mixes that are used for oriental fruit moth, plum curculio, codling moth or other pests should now include materials […]
Continue reading...May 15, 2014 Bill Bamka
Cereal Leaf Beetle in Wheat
I was out scouting some wheat fields in Burlington County today. In general the fields looked in good shape and there were no major concerns. I did see some rather low numbers of cereal leaf beetle larvae in one field. The larva numbers were well below threshold. We need to keep an eye on fields for […]
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