Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 Location: Pine Island Cranberry Meeting Agenda 5:30: Dinner 6:30-7:00: Peter Oudemans, Troubleshooting Cranberry Disease Problems 7:00-7:30: Cesar Rodrigues-Saona, Identifying and Controlling Cranberry Insects 7:30-8:00: Pat Hastings, Safety Precautions in Cranberry Pest Control 8:30-9:00: Dave Frank, Current Status of Local Bee Populations & Controlling Bee Diseases 9:00-9:30: Ray Samulis, Farm Safety […]
Continue reading...May 15, 2013 Blueberry IPM Team
Blueberry IPM for 5-15-13
From the Blueberry Bulletin Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Extension Specialist in Blueberry Entomology Dean Polk, IPM Agent – Fruit Gene Rizio, IPM Program Associate – Fruit Aphids: About 32% of shoot samples are positive for aphid infestation. As was the case last week, these are single aphids. They have not started to multiply into colonies. At this […]
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May 14, 2013 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 5-14-13
5-14-13 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...May 13, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Controlling Basil Downy Mildew
by Kathryn Homa1,2, Robert Pyne1, Bill Barney2, Andy Wyenandt1, and Jim Simon1 Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, 1Rutgers University; 2IR-4 Program Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) is an economically important fresh culinary herb grown in the United States. In fall of October 2007, a new disease of basil, downy mildew (Peronospora belbahrii) was first reported […]
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