Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Field Corn Depending on the location in the state, we can find both cutworm and slug damage, mainly in no-till corn fields. Although we do not have pheromone traps out to monitor black cutworm… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We have a very late crop of strawberries this year. Plasticulture strawberries are finally in full production but reports are that the crop is lower yielding this year. We had some heavy… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu As the production of heirloom tomato cultivars increase, it is important to remember that they often lack the disease resistance genes of more “modern” cultivars. We recently tested… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu I have been receiving reports of severe watermelon Fusarium wilt from states south of us. A small part of the increase has been due to infected transplants. However,… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu I spent 5 years working as an Extension agent in a tropical country with small scale vegetable growers and teaching agricultural students at a technical school. One of the most interesting production… Continue Reading
