Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-7-13 – 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 6, 2013 Richard Buckley
The Emperor has No Clothes
Have you noticed in the landscape that the sycamores, and to a lesser degree, the plane trees are devoid of leaves? Anthracnose of Platanus species is a well known disease in our area. The disease causes leaf and shoot blight, twig cankers, and branch dieback, and has been particularly severe this spring.
Continue reading...June 5, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Blueberry Pest in Detail: Putnam Scale
Tape traps monitored on Tuesday, June 4 showed the start of crawler activity in the Hammonton area. Life History Scales feed on plant sap, decreasing plant vigor and fruit yield. Adult scales are protected from insecticide sprays by a waxy covering. These insects are common in older canes when not removed, and located mostly under […]
Continue reading...June 5, 2013 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 6/5/13
Vegetable IPM Report 6-5-13 – Click to View | Download | Print In this report: Sweet Corn Cole Crops Peppers Brown Marmorated Stinkbug Click on Map to Enlarge
Continue reading...June 4, 2013 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, and Atanas Atanassov
Fruit IPM Report: Week Ending 6/3/13
Fruit IPM Report 6-3-13 – Click to View | Download | Print In this report: Peach Apple Pear Wine Grape Scouting Calendar Blueberry Trap Counts
Continue reading...June 3, 2013 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-4-13
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-4-13 – 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 […]
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