Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Brown Ring Patch (aka Waitea patch) is starting to show up on golf course putting greens at this time. This disease is caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia circinata var circinata and typically develops during warm weather from April through June. Symptoms start as small yellow rings (0.25-2 inches wide) with green grass in the center […]
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Date: Thursday May 8, 2014 6pm Location: Summit City Farms, 500 University Blvd, Glassboro, NJ 08028 Agenda 6:00 Welcome, Lewis DeEugenio Jr. and Family 6:10 Walking tour of Gloria, PF-17, and Sentry. Identification of insect pests, proper monitoring procedures and management. Dr. Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Fruit Entomology, Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent […]
Continue reading...“Are you a grower? Got stink bugs? We need your help! We’re surveying growers to assess the impact of BMSB on crops and gathering information that will help us defeat this pest. Receive a free Guide to Stink Bugs* if you complete the 10-minute BMSB survey” https://cornell.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5ssnjXLNhvp6v1H Thanks in advance! – From the Northeast IPM […]
Continue reading...Over the past few years, a few fields have been treated with an organo-phosphate insecticide and then with an ALS-inhibiting herbicide and significant injury has occurred. A number of corn herbicides have label precautions about use of an organo-phosphate insecticide at planting due to potential crop injury. This includes the insecticides Counter (terbufos), Lorsban (chlorpyrifos), […]
Continue reading...I have been asked by a few people about the differences in metolachlor (the active ingredient in Dual) products. The “old” Dual in the early 1990s was two isomers of metolachlor, R and S isomers. The Dual II included a safener to improve crop safety (improves safety to corn, not to broadleaf crops; hence Dual […]
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