Commercial Growers, Crop Consultants, and Ag Industry personnel are invited to attend a RCE Field Crop Twilight Meeting Date: Sep 10th, 5PM – Dusk Location: Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm, Pittstown, NJ Please RSVP by 9/6/13 to (908) 788-1339 Dinner 5:00PM Wagon Tour: Stop 1: 67 Full season soybean varieties; evaluating soybean resistance to […]
Continue reading...September 5, 2013 Bill Bamka
RCE Field Crop Twilight Meeting
Commercial Growers, Crop Consultants, and Ag Industry personnel are invited to attend a RCE Field Crop Twilight Meeting Date: Sep 10th, 5PM – Dusk Location: Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm, Pittstown, NJ Please RSVP by 9/6/13 to (908) 788-1339 Dinner 5:00PM Wagon Tour: Stop 1: 67 Full season soybean varieties; evaluating soybean resistance to […]
Continue reading...September 4, 2013 Administrator
Green Kyllinga Found in North Brunswick
By Jim Murphy Uh-oh! We now have green kyllinga at Hort Farm No. 2 in North Brunswick. Joe Clark found it in a field that was sprayed with glyphosate. Most everything died but the kyllinga! Carrie Mansue has made some collections of kyllinga and will be doing some herbicide tests in the greenhouse this winter […]
Continue reading...September 4, 2013 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 9/04/13
Vegetable IPM Report 9-04-13 – 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 4, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Brief – 9/4/13
There have been no new reports of Late blight. Asparagus – Summer foliar diseases in Asparagus have been reported. With the cooler weather and all the rain we’ve have been experiencing on and off all summer disease pressure in asparagus is higher than normal (see article).
Continue reading...September 4, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Diagnosing and controlling important fungal diseases in Asparagus.
Asparagus growers should consider scouting their fields for foliar disease development. Important pathogens growers need to scout for on a regular basis are Purple spot, Cercospora, and Rust.
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