Potato Disease Forecasting Report 5-21-13 – Click to Download Welcome to the new potato report for 2013! As always, we will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. Remember the threshold for P-days is 300! Once 300 P-days is reached for your location early […]
Continue reading...Potato Disease Forecasting Report 5-14-13 (updated)
5-14-13 Potato Report Updated report. Sorry folks, the information at the bottom of the original 5/14/13 report was not intended. No reports of Late blight in NJ. Welcome to the new potato report for 2013! As always, we will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. […]
Continue reading...Protecting against Pythium and Phytophthora blight
With the wet weather we’ve experienced in New Jersey over the weekend and the warm temperatures to follow this coming week Phytophthora blight (P. capsici) and Pythium are likely to start showing up in pepper, tomato, and cucurbit fields.
Continue reading...BMSB Movement into Orchards

Brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) are expected to begin dispersing into fruit orchards any day.
Continue reading...FDA Food Safety Q&A: Equipment, Tools, Buildings & Sanitation

The FDA Proposed Produce Food Safety Rule Q & A conference call, coordinated by the Produce Safety Alliance, discussed equipment, tools, buildings and sanitation practices that will be affected by the impending Food Safety Modernization Act produce rule. Here are the questions and answers from that call: 1. Are cats permitted in packing houses? They […]
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