Fruit IPM Report 6-22-13 – Click to View | Download | Print In this report: Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth; Tufted Apple Budmoth; Brown Rot Apple: Obliquebanded Leafroller; European Red Mites; Codling Moth Aphids: Spirea and Apple (green) Aphids Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Summer Diseases: Sooty Blotch and Fly Speck; White Rot and Black Rot; Anthracnose […]
Continue reading...Soybean Double Cropping
While some growers are still trying to plant or replant first crop beans, double crop opportunities will likely be occurring in about 2-3 weeks. Courtesy of your soybean checkoff dollars, a webcast is availble to view with tips on various management practices. Although originating out of Virginia, many of the tips are helpful here in […]
Continue reading...Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-18-13
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-18-13 – 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...Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 6-18-13
6-18-13 Tomato Report – Click to Download Disease severity values (DSVs) for early blight, septoria leaf spot, and tomato anthracnose development are determined daily based on leaf wetness (due to rainfall, dew) and air temperature. On a daily basis DSV values can range from 0 to 4 where 0 = no chance for disease development […]
Continue reading...Cranberry: Insect Update 6/17/2013

Bloom has started. If insects have been effectively managed prior to bloom, we recommend no sprays at this time. A reminder: when bees are present your only choices of insecticides are the Insect Growth Regulators –IGR- (e.g. Confirm and Intrepid) or Bt products (e.g. DiPel). From now until August, we recommend monitoring insect populations using […]
Continue reading...On-Farm Research in Cranberry: SPARG Trap Design & Color

In 2012 we started a study to compare the efficacy of different trap designs (delta versus wing traps) and colors (white versus red) on Sparganothis fruitworm (SPARG) adult captures. We found that red delta traps (Trécé Pherocon VI) are more effective than white delta traps. White delta traps also catch greater number of honey bees, […]
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