Potato Disease Forecasting Report 7-19-13 – 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...July 18, 2013 Anne Nielsen
BMSB Populations in Mid-July
BMSB populations are significantly higher than last year and unsprayed fruit is already damaged. Fruit harvested (mid-season assessment) around July 4 in a research trial under light management had very early season injury as well as recent feeding damage. Some of this is due to the wet June we experienced which reduced the effectiveness of treatments, but […]
Continue reading...July 18, 2013 Meredith Melendez
FDA Releases FSMA Factsheets for Farmers
FDA is expanding its outreach to small- and medium-size growers to address questions that have arisen since the proposed rule was issued in January 2013. According to Michael Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine, FDA expects and welcomes questions that arise during the rulemaking process. In a new interview, he emphasizes that FDA […]
Continue reading...July 17, 2013 Dan Kluchinski
NJDA Plant Laboratory Offers Growers Mycotoxin Testing
The recent stretch of unusual rainy weather raises the potential of mycotoxin contamination in small grains, and other field or forage feed crops. Grain growers may be affected by price discounts and/or restricted markets. Mycotoxin contamination in animal feed and forage can lead to feed refusal, reduced productivity (reduced production of eggs, milk, and weight […]
Continue reading...July 17, 2013 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 7/17/13
Vegetable IPM Report 7-17-13 – Click to View | Download | Print Current Week’s Pest Maps – Available Maps for the week are highlighted European Corn Borer Map Corn Earworm Map Brown Marmorated Stinkbug Map Vegetable IPM Pest Map Archive
Continue reading...July 16, 2013 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, and Atanas Atanassov
Fruit IPM Report: Week Ending 7/20/13
Fruit IPM Report 7-20-13 – Click to View | Download | Print In this report: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Peach Apple Grape Scouting Calendar Blueberry Trap Counts Brown Marmorated Stink Bug BMSB adults nymphs and egg masses are present in orchards, although far from a uniform pattern. Black light trap captures indicate a significant increase […]
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