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Sweet Corn

IPM Program personnel are finished deploying black light traps in central and northern New Jersey and with help from South Jersey grower cooperators, nearing completion of a corn earworm (CEW) pheromone trap network in the state.    Limited collections from traps thus far have captured a small number of European corn borer (ECB) moths in blacklight traps as far north as Hunterdon County.  We anticipate only limited CEW and  ECB moths for the near term, and as numbers increase, look for updates on ECB, CEW and  brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) catches, including interpretive information.

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Sweet Corn

There will be significant changes to insect trapping efforts in the Vegetable IPM Program for this season.  At present, personnel are deploying black light and corn earworm (CEW) pheromone trap networks in central and northern New Jersey counties.  In areas from central Burlington County southward, grower cooperators have been provided with CEW pheromone traps and will be monitoring these traps on their own properties and reporting catch data to IPM personnel.  This is an effort to maintain a statewide reporting program for the most significant economic pest of sweet corn despite a shortage of professional staff this year.  The IPM program thanks these growers in the southern counties for their assistance in maintaining this necessary service.

Black light trap derived maps for European corn borer (ECB), CEW and brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) will not appear in the Plant and Pest Advisory, as there is no longer a statewide blacklight trap network.  Data from existing black lights in the central and northern counties will appear in table format, with associated information on the relevance of the populations.  Provided that  data from the southern CEW pheromone traps is available on a regular basis, maps will be generated for this pest/trap type.   Limited collections from traps thus far have not contained any target pests.

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Note:  Insect trap data are unavailable from much of southern New Jersey this past week due to staff shortages.  No maps will appear in this edition.  Maps will resume later in September as conditions permit.  Interpretations from available data will continue in the absence of maps.

Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moth catches are nearly non-existent now.   At this time, no feeding has been detected.

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Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moth catches have declined, and are at very low levels throughout the state.   At this time, no feeding has been detected.

The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 09/07/22 are as follows:

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Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moth catches have increased slightly in central counties but remain at low levels generally throughout the state.   At this time, no feeding has been detected.

The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 08/31/22 are as follows:

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Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moth catches are largely unchanged; remaining at low levels throughout the state.    Only occasional feeding in sweet corn has been detected by field personnel.

The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 08/24/22 are as follows:

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