Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-21-13 – 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...June 20, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Late blight Reported on Tomato on the Eastern Shore, VA and in Maryland
Late blight was confirmed on tomato on the Eastern Shore of Virginia this afternoon and on tomato in Montgomery County, MD yesterday. All tomato and potato growers in New Jersey should scout thier fields on a daily basis and consider starting a standard weekly protectant fungicide program if one hasn’t already done so. No Late blight has been […]
Continue reading...June 19, 2013 Steven K. Rettke
Bagworm Caterpillar Egg Hatch Concluding
The common Bagworm Caterpillar (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis) has undergone egg hatch throughout much of the state during the past few weeks (GDD = 600-900). The early instar stages during the month of June can easily be overlooked. For the first few weeks after hatch, the smaller Bagworms do not produce conspicuous feeding symptoms. However, for best control results these […]
Continue reading...June 19, 2013 Wes Kline and Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: FDA Q&A Printable Summary
The Food Safety Modernization Act will impact most growers in New Jersey. Over the past weeks, we have posted the Questions and Answers for each of the conference calls focusing on subparts of the proposed Produce Safety Rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act on the PPA Food Safety section. For your convenience, the Q&A’s […]
Continue reading...June 19, 2013 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 6/19/13
Vegetable IPM Report 6-19-13 – Click to View | Download | Print In this report: Sweet Corn Cole Crops Tomatoes Peppers Brown Marmorated Stinkbug Pumpkins and Winter Squash Snap Beans Click on Map to Enlarge
Continue reading...June 19, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Thoughts on Managing “The Big Three” Blueberry Insect Pests
As we go forward growers will want to have effective programs for the management of all of The Big Three insects at this time: Blueberry Maggot (BBM), Aphids, and Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD).
Continue reading...
