Blueberry:
General Insect Control and New and Renewed Labels: Late last week we obtained the Section 24C renewal for the high rate of Gowan Malathion 8F. The specifics of the label renewal are as follows: [Read more…]
Fruit IPM Update for 5/24/17
Peach
Tufted Apple Budmoth (TABM): The first of 2 flights of tufted apple budmoth have started. Adults started to emerge in northern counties on 5/16 and in southern counties on 5/1. Although this has been a minor pest, timings are outlined below for anyone who had high populations last year. [Read more…]
May 9, 2017 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for May 10, 2017
Peach
Tufted Apple Budmoth (TABM): The first tufted apple budmoth adults were caught on 5/1 in southern counties. The first insecticides that target this pest will be due in a few weeks in southern counties. This has been only a minor pest during the last 6-8 years. [Read more…]
May 1, 2017 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for May 1, 2017
Fruit IPM for 5/1/17
Peach
Oriental Fruit Moth: First generation timings are updated below.
| OFM 1st Generation Timing | |||
| Insecticide Type | |||
| County/Region | Degree Days by 5/1 base 45 | Conventional
170-200, 350-375 |
Diamide
100-150, 300-350 |
| Gloucester – Southern | 390 | 1st – past
2nd – past |
1st – past
2nd – past |
| Hunterdon – Northern | 241 | 1st – past
2nd –5/9-5/10 |
1st – past
2nd – 5/6-5/7 |
April 17, 2017 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for April 17, 2017
Peach:
Brown Rot: Blossom infections from the brown rot fungus can occur whenever pistils are exposed and a favorable climate exists. Infections can occur during any wetting period when temperatures are between 41 and 86 °F. However, optimum conditions for infection occur with wetting and temperatures in the mid 70’s. During long wetting periods (several days or more) blossoms can be infected regardless of temperature. Generally infections that occur when conditions are sub optimal are less severe. Blossoms and fruitlets will remain susceptible until the pistil dessicates (sometime between petal fall and shuck split). [Read more…]
August 30, 2016 Norman Lalancette
Constriction Canker of Peach: Orchard Rehabilitation
Peach and nectarine orchards in New Jersey continue to sustain considerable shoot death and fruit loss from constriction canker, caused by the fungal plant pathogen Phomospis amygdali. Many of our research orchards at RAREC this season had an above average number of cankers. The majority of infections that took place last fall and this past spring have girdled the shoots, resulting in dead or blighted branches. Any fruit distal to the cankers on these shoots have already fallen off or remain attached, slowly drying up and shriveling. This yield loss directly impacts your bottom line.
Breaking the Disease Cycle
Cankers on infected shoots are the source of inoculum. [Read more…]
