David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Mona Steele and others who correctly identified last week’s pernicious vegetable, garden, and field edge weed as Bermuda grass or wire grass. It spreads both with above ground stolons and below ground rhizomes.… Continue Reading
Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu I suspect all have heard about the need for preventing Palmer amaranth seeds from entering the soil and preventing seed production to stop the spread of seed with the combine. A few questions have… Continue Reading
Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Full season soybeans across the area are approaching or at R3. Overall, the heat and dry conditions of the past few weeks have kept disease pressure low across the region. There have been… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybeans Continue scouting for bean leaf beetle, Dectes, defoliation, and stink bugs. Towards the end of this week coming or the following, be on the lookout for corn earworm. Our next moth flight will be… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I have been seeing and receiving a few samples of yellowing (chlorosis) around the margins of cantaloupe leaves (Fig. 1). The marginal chlorosis observed in figure one would indicate salt burn,… Continue Reading
