April 25, 2025

Ornamental IPM 4/22 Recording Upload – Next session Tuesday 5/13

Sign up here for the NEW 2025 – Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program

Ornamental IPM – next session is Tuesday 5/13/25 

 

Click here for a PDF of April 22, 2025 webinar that can be printed and used as a field guide or similar

Click here for a VIDEO recording of April 22, 2025 webinar

 

5/13/25 sessions topics: 

Conifer Issues:

  • Pine needle scale
  • Cryptomeria scale
  • Elongate hemlock scale
  • Oystershell scale
  • Needle cast diseases
  • Red headed pine sawfly
  • Hemlock woolly adelgid
  • Phytophthora in conifers

Ornamental nursery:

  • Boxwood mites
  • Boxwood psyllid
  • Horned and gouty oak galls
  • Hawthorn lace bug
  • Pythium in nurseries

IPM monitoring:

  • Scale monitoring with double sided tape

2025 Registration includes:

The focus of this program is to provide timely updates on pest, disease, and weeds impacting commercial ornamental producers. The webinars will focus on the most important pests for a 2 week interval, will be recorded, and will be shared shortly thereafter with Spanish overdub (spoken word). The trap packages are in an effort to find grower led solutions for monitoring economically important pests throughout the multiple regions of New Jersey. Please consider joining this program for its inaugural year.

  • Site visit to your ornamental nursery/farm from Rutgers agents
  • Delivered printed IPM resources (Guides, factsheets, bulletins)
  • Free pheromone & sticky trap kit + guidance on setup/monitoring
  • Access to live bi-weekly webinars (Zoom)
  • Every Second and Fourth, Tuesday, April through September
  • Webinars will be recorded – posted later with Spanish overdub

This program is free, however registration is required.

click here to Register

(Next webinar Tu 4/22 at 12PM)

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February 11, 2025

South Jersey Commercial Fruit Growers Meeting

Pesticide Credits Approved – #CORE(1); #10(6); #PP2(7); #1A(7)

Date:                    March 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
Location:            Gloucester County Govt. Services Building #A, 1200 N. Delsea Dr., Clayton, NJ 08312
Registration:      $20.00 (Checks only, made out to Rutgers University, can be paid at the door but pre-registration required).  Lunch, Coffee, and Pastries Included. Required by March 3.  Contact: (856) 224 – 8030 or Email: jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us

PROGRAM

8:30 am           Registration, Coffee and pastries
8:50 am           Welcome and Opening Remarks
Hemant Gohil, County Agent II, RCE of Gloucester County, Rutgers NJAES

9:00 am           Multi Pest Management in the Orchard
Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist, Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES

9:30 am           Bacterial Spot Management in the Peach Orchard.
Kari Peter, Extension Specialist, Tree Fruit Pathology, Penn State University.

10:00 am         Understanding how irrigation water can be a source for soilborne diseases in the orchard
Kari Peter, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology, Penn State University.

10:30 am         Coffee Break
10:45 am         Industry and USDA Updates

11:00 am         An update on the Fruit IPM Program and summary of the 2024 season.
Janine Spies, Statewide Program Leader in Fruit IPM, Rutgers NJAES

11:30 am         What can the Rutgers Plant Diagnostic Lab do for you?
Sabrina Tirpak, Laboratory Researcher, Plant Diagnostic Lab, Rutgers NJAES

Noon             Lunch

1:00 pm           Pesticide Handling and 2025 updates
George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers NJAES

1:30 pm           Peach Flower Thinning using ACC (Accede)
Shantanu Krishna Kumar, Assistant Professor of Tree Fruit, Penn State University.

2:00 pm           Plant Nutrition and Causes of Bitter Pit Disease in Apple
Joseph Heckman, Extension Specialist in Soil Fertility, Rutgers NJAES.

2:30 pm           2024 Field Observations – peach varieties, overhead irrigation frost protection, hydro-cooling, post-harvest inking.
Hemant Gohil, County Agent II, RCE of Gloucester County, Rutgers NJAES.
Daniel Ward, Extension Specialist, Pomology, Rutgers NJAES.

3:00 pm           Pesticide recertification credits and Adjourn

For questions, please get in touch with Hemant Gohil at 856-418-6538 or email at gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu
Send Check to Hemant Gohil, Rutgers Coop Extension, 254 County House Rd., Clarksboro, NJ 08020

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January 15, 2025

Central Jersey Turf & Ornamental Institute

February 28th, 2025

8:30 am – 3:30 pm

at the Monmouth County Agricultural Building

4000 Kozloski Road

Freehold, NJ  07728

Registration: $75 (includes morning refreshments and lunch

CJTOI Brochure 2025

For registration questions, contact Cathy VanBenschoten at 732-431-7260

or email to Catherine.VanBenschoten@co.monmouth.nj.us

DEP Pesticide Credits Applied For:

Core – TBD

PP2 – TBD

1A  – TBD

2  – TBD

3A  – TBD

3B  – TBD

6A  – TBD

6B  – TBD

7A  – TBD

8A  – TBD

8B  – TBD

8C  – TBD

9  – TBD

10  – TBD

13 – TBD

 

 

Program Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 AM            Registration/Sign-in

 

9:00 – 10:00 AM          Pesticide Safety Regulations and Updates

George Hamilton Ph.D. – Specialist in Pest Management, RCE, Rutgers, NJAES

 

10:00 – 10:30 AM        Mosquito Management for Green Industry Professionals

Dina Fonseca Ph.D. – Professor, Chair Dept. of Entomology, Director, Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University

 

10:30 – 11:00 AM       Managing Ticks in NJ

 Emily Fontaine – Program Coordinator, NJTicks4Science, Rutgers University

 

11:00 – 11:15 AM       Break

 

 11:15 – 11:45 PM        IPM Essentials for Ornamentals

William Errickson – Monmouth County Agricultural Agent, RCE, Rutgers, NJAES

 

11:45 – 12:15 PM       Boxwood Best Management Practices

Timothy Waller Ph.D. – Cumberland County Agricultural Agent, RCE, Rutgers, NJAES

 

12:15 – 1:00 PM          LUNCH

 

 1:00 – 1:30 PM           Managing Invasive Plants

Michele Bakacs – Middlesex County Natural Resources Agent, RCE, Rutgers, NJAES

 

1:30 – 2:00 PM            Mites: Magnificent Marvels of Miniature Malevolence

Steve Rettke – IPM Program Associate, RCE, Rutgers, NJAES

 

2:00 – 2:30 PM             Things to Consider Before Applying Fungicides to Control Turfgrass Diseases

Ming-Yi Chou –  Extension Specialist in Turfgrass Pathology, Rutgers University

 

2:30 – 3:00 PM           Innovations in Weed Management

Matthew Elmore Ph.D.  – Extension Specialist in Weed Science, Rutgers University

 

3:00 – 3:30 PM           Implementation of Best Establishment Practices Can Reduce Weed Encroachment and Herbicide Use

Bradley Park – Researcher in Turfgrass Management, Rutgers University

 

3:30 Pesticide Credits, Evaluations, Adjourn

 

This Annual Event is Hosted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension

 

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May 20, 2024

Nursery Update 5/20/24 – Red-headed flea beetle and flathead borer ADULT emergence, Boxwood blight, bagworms, more

Please note: The Rutgers Nursery and Green Industry Working Group is working to deliver regular pest and disease updates throughout the season. These will be in addition to important alerts, critical topics, and pesticide credit opportunities. This tool is made for you, the commercial agriculture business, so please let us know if there are particular topics you would like to see included in the regular update.

Email:  twaller@njaes.rutgers.edu Phone: 856-451-2800 Ext. 1.

 

Projected GDD50 accumulation as of 5/20/2024 (for June – July)
CODE Location 20-May 1-Jun 15-Jun 1-Jul 15-Jul
NJ50 Upper Deerfield (South) 437 658 957 1363 1766
NJ73 Vineland (South) 454 670 961 1360 1755
KMIV Millville Airport (South) 445 655 942 1338 1730
NJ05 Greenwich (South) 453 681 984 1395 1798
NJ10 Howell (Central) 344 545 809 1180 1554
N59 High Point (North) 275 463 683 997 1316
USPEST.ORG – Model: simple average/growing degree-day, Min: 50F – Max: 95F, NMME forecast
Forecast:  7-month NMME based seasonal climate forecast (USPEST.ORG) – Subject to change regularly = Check Often

Please download and print the Rutgers Nursery and Landscape Pest Scouting Guide  or  Conifer and Christmas Tree Pest Scouting Guide and refer to this post “Obtaining your local growing degree-days (GDD)” for additional information.  (See pest scouting guides for complete list of references) 

Please SHARE what you SEE!! If you see a pest, disease, otherwise interesting or troublesome issue please report it to the Working Group by following the QR Code on the front of the Pest Scouting Guides or by filling out this reporting form.

Keep reading for more ALERTS – Red-headed flea beetle and Borer ADULT EMERGENCE, Boxwood Blight, bagworms [Read more…]

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March 6, 2024

Take a quick survey to help with Field Equipment Sanitation Research!

In a Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) grant designed to guide future solution and resources centered around field equipment sanitation, collaborative team comprising pathologists, weed scientists, agronomists, and experts in agricultural equipment sanitation has crafted a questionnaire. This questionnaire is designed to gather growers’ input on their current practices and determine the necessity for implementing new ones.

The research will develop a more comprehensive understanding of the challenges associated with field equipment sanitation and work toward developing solutions that are effective, implementable and sustainable.

To introduce the survey and forthcoming research effort, Dr. Matt Grieshop, lead PI on this project indicates that “We are a group of agricultural research and extension professionals from across the United States that are curious about grower and agricultural professional perceptions about the importance of field equipment sanitation to mitigate the spread of organisms that pose human health, weed, plant pathogen or other risks.

Agricultural field equipment includes tillage implements, tractors, harvesters, cultivation equipment, trucks, trailers, sprayers, mowers, or any other piece of equipment that is shared across fields.

This information will be solely used to help frame future research questions and outreach activities.  It will not be published or distributed in any form. Answering should take 5 minutes or less and is completely voluntary and anonymous.

Your participation is invaluable to future developments in the industry regarding food safety and equipment sanitation. We need more inputs from New Jersey specialty crops growers so that they have a say on the direction that field equipment sanitation research will take in the future!

To contribute, visit here or scan the QR code below.


If you have questions, comments or concerns contact Dr. Matt Grieshop at mgriesho@calpoly.edu or Dr. Thierry Besancon at thierry.besancon@rutgers.edu.

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February 8, 2024

Southern NJ Commercial Nursery Growers IPM Roundtable (Tu) 2/27/24

SOUTHERN NJ – COMMERCIAL NURSERY GROWERS – ONLY in Cumberland and surrounding counties.
  • Southern NJ Nursery IPM Roundtable – Tuesday 2/27/24 6-8pm.
  • The event is free but please RSVP by calling 856-451-2800 ext. 1 and mention this meeting.
  • In response to many conversations, nursery visits, and phone calls I have had with folks over the last few years, this type of meeting is long overdue, especially since we all face the same pests, diseases, weeds, and seasonal problems.
  • Please consider joining this face-to-face discussion centered around Nursery IPM.
Topics on deck:
  • What pests are important to you – and what questions do we need answered
  • Pest Scouting approaches – RU Pest Scouting Guides – Rutgers Plant and Pest Advisory
  • Pesticide Regimes, New Vs ‘Old’ materials – what works, what doesn’t
  • Invasive Pests and New Diseases – what to be looking for
  • Worker safety and leveraging REIs
  • Cultural practices and irrigation system modifications
Please consider joining, and please RSVP to the Cumberland County office at 856-451-2800 ext. 1.
NOTE: If you are outside Southern NJ, we will be planning similar events in the near future, near you, and I ask that you wait until that time as space is limited. 
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