Vegetable IPM Report 9-18-13 – Click to View | Download | Print Current Week’s Pest Maps – Available Maps for the week are highlighted European Corn Borer Map Corn Earworm Blacklight Map Corn Earworm Pheromone Map Brown Marmorated Stinkbug Map Vegetable IPM Pest Map Archive
Continue reading...September 17, 2013 Anne Nielsen and Bryan Petty
Fruit Flies at Grape Harvest
In New Jersey, and the rest of the mid-Atlantic, we have two newly invasive fruit flies that attack grapes including wine grapes. My lab is currently working to determine the impact these insects will have to the berries and to yield.
Continue reading...September 13, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Blueberry Pest in Detail: Sharp-nosed Leafhopper
The Fruit IPM Report for the week shows an upward trend with more Sharp-nosed Leafhopper (SNLH) adults maturing and moving around fields, making transmission of stunt disease to previously uninfected bushes more likely. This insect in the only regular target for post harvest sprays. Now is an appropriate time to treat. Sharp-nosed Leafhopper Life Cycle […]
Continue reading...September 12, 2013 Zane Helsel
Stink Bugs in Soybean
Stink Bugs, including the Brown Marmorated type (BMSB), have begun to show up in soybean fields around the state. The Plant Management Network has developed a webcast titled “Impact and Management of BMSB in Mid-Atlantic Soybean”. This talk by Virginia Tech entomology professor Ames Herbert Jr., covers: Patterns of field infestation by BMSB; Conditions that […]
Continue reading...
September 12, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Briefs – 9/13/13
There have been no new reports of Late blight. Downy mildew has been found in turnip greens this past week. The expected rainfall and cooler temperatures to follow in the upcoming week make conditions favorable for downy mildew development across many crops. Asparagus – Summer foliar diseases in Asparagus have been reported. With the cooler […]
Continue reading...
