Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 4:30 pm (meet at the shelter near the parking lot)
Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center
121 Northville Rd., Bridgeton, NJ (Upper Deerfield)
PESTICIDE CREDITS approved for this event:
1A (AGRICULTURAL PLANT) – 07
10 (DEMONSTRATION & RESEARCH) – 07
PP2 (PRIVATE APPLICATOR CATEGORY) – 07
4:30 – Welcome and Intros – Rick VanVranken, Atlantic County Agricultural Agent
5:00 – 8:30 pm Tour of research plots and discussions with Rutgers Extension Specialists
Thierry Besancon, PhD, Extension Weed Specialist for Specialty Crops
- Cover-Crops for Row Middle Weed Management in Plasticulture Tomato.
- Cover-Crops for Row Middle Weed Management in Plasticulture Cucumber.
- Crop Safety of Delayed Preemergence Herbicide Application for Cole Crops (Broccoli and Cabbage)
Andy Wyenandt, PhD, Specialist in Vegetable Pathology
- Bacterial Leaf Spot Development in Pepper and Tomato in NJ
- Copper Resistance Development in Bacterial Leaf Spot
- Basil Downy Mildew Breeding Program Update
- Bell and Non-bell Phytophthora Tolerance Trials
Joe Ingerson-Mahar, PhD, Vegetable IPM Coordinator
- Comparing the response of corn earworm to GMO and non-GMO sweet corn varieties and the resistance to BT corn
