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
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Annual Bluegrass Control in Kentucky Bluegrass
By Jim Murphy Unfortunately, we had annual bluegrass invasion into the 2011 Kentucky Bluegrass Trial, sponsored by the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP). As a result, we are trying a relatively new herbicide,amicarbazone, in combination with paclobutrazol on the borders of the 2011 trial. Light-colored patches of grass are annual bluegrass plants in Kentucky bluegrass border […]
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Anthracnose Active on Annual Bluegrass
By Jim Murphy Anthracnose disease was active as early as April 16 this year and has intensified in recent weeks on our low N fertilization plots. Active anthracnose disease on annual bluegrass (Poa annua) plots in North Brunswick NJ, 16 April 2013. One of our experiments has the objective of determining whether anthracnose can be […]
Continue reading...June 3, 2013 Richard Buckley
Bizzaro World Turfgrass Edition
The fungus Epichloë typhina, several other species of Epichloë, and the closely related asexual species of form genus Neotyphodium, are symbionts of cool-season grasses, which are known as “endophytes.”
Continue reading...June 2, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Cuprofix Ultra Disperss for bacterial blight in Cilantro
A supplimental label has been obtained for the use of Cuprofix Ultra Disperss for the suppression of bacterial blight (Pseudomonas sp.) in cilantro. Apply Cuprofix Ultra Dispress at 1.3 lb/A on a 10 day interval. Bacterial blight of cilantro is caused by a opportunistic bacterium that is ubiqutious in most soils. Especially, in soils where Cilantro and […]
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