Fruit IPM Report 6-11-13 – Click to View | Download | Print In this report: Peach Apple Pear Wine Grape Scouting Calendar Blueberry Trap Counts
Continue reading...June 11, 2013 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-11-13
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-11-13 – 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 11, 2013 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 6-11-13
6-11-13 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...June 10, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
On-Farm Research Results in Cranberry: Altacor
Altacor is a new insecticide registered in cranberries. A few weeks ago we conducted an experiment to test the efficacy of Altacor® (DuPont) at 4.5 oz/acre against spotted fireworm larvae.
Continue reading...June 7, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
2013 Cucurbit Downy and Powdery Mildew Management Guidelines
by Margaret McGrath, Beth Gugino, Kate Everts, Steve Rideout, Nathan Kleczewski, and Andy Wyenandt 2013 Fungicide Resistance Management Table for Cucurbit Downy and Powdery Mildew Control Producing a high-quality cucurbit crop necessitates effectively managing downy mildew. This foliar disease is common in the mid-Atlantic and northeast because the pathogen produces a large quantity of asexual […]
Continue reading...June 7, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Briefs and Disease of the Week
Cucurbit downy mildew was reported as far north in Wayne and Nash Counties in North Carolina and Texas this past week. All cucurbit growers are urged to begin scouting. To track cucurbit downy mildew in the US please visit http://cdm.ipmpipe.org/ No late blight has been reported in the region to date and has only been […]
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