Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Tracy Leskey (USDA/ARS) provided the following report: “It appears that the beginning of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) immigration and dispersal into commercial orchards has begun in earnest in both WV and MD. Crews… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu The weather based forecasting program MELCAST on watermelon began on Wednesday (May 25). MELCAST is a weather-based spray scheduling program for anthracnose and gummy stem blight of watermelon.… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu In recent visits to watermelon fields in Delaware for pollination and fruit set surveys, we found a high number of pollenizer plants in one field that had one or more fasciated stems.… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Late Blight Advisory Location: Art and Keith Wicks Farm, Rt 9, Little Creek, Kent County. Greenrow: May 3 Date DSV Total DSV Spray Interval Recommendation 5/3–5/12 0 0 none 5/13-5/15 11 11 none 5/15-5/16… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Cucumbers All fields should be scouted for cucumber beetles and aphids. Fresh market cucumbers are susceptible to bacterial wilt, so treatments should be applied before beetles feed extensively on cotyledons and first true leaves.… Continue Reading
