Peach Apple Pear Scouting Calendar Trap Counts
Continue reading...May 22, 2013 Wes Kline and Meredith Melendez
FDA Q&A: Health, Hygiene and Training
Food Safety Modernization Act Question and Answer Session on Health, Hygiene and Training, subpart D. This FDA Proposed Produce Food Safety Rule Q & A conference call, coordinated by the Produce Safety Alliance, discussed health, hygiene and training focus areas of the impending Food Safety Modernization Act produce rule. Questions asked during this conference call […]
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May 21, 2013 Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Pepper Weevil Alert
Pepper weevil adults have been found now in four non-farm locations in south Jersey. In each instance the trapped weevils were likely brought into the state on, or in, peppers from the southern US or Mexico.
Continue reading...May 21, 2013 Richard Buckley
Brown Ring Patch
Several samples of brown ring patch found their way into the Plant Diagnostic Laboratory this week. Sometimes confused with take-all, fairy ring, or yellow patch, this relatively newly described malady of Poa annua putting greens is caused by the fungus Waitea circinata.
Continue reading...May 21, 2013 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cranberry: Insect Update 5/21/13
Blackheaded fireworm Spotted fireworm Sparganothis fruitworm Cranberry Blossomworm Blunt-nosed leafhopper New Insecticide Closer SC The cranberry season has been off to a very slow start due to the cold weather. Insect activity is just starting to increase. Thus, growers need to intensify their scouting efforts. The following insect pests bear special mention for early-season scouting:
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