PDF Version of WCU 16:11 – May 30, 2008 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects MELCAST for Watermelons Potato Disease Advisory #5 – May 27, 2008 Dual Now Labeled for Row Middles of Pumpkins Weed Control in Row Middles… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Potato leafhoppers are now present in fields so be sure to sample on a weekly basis after the first cutting. Once plants are yellow, yield loss has already occurred. The treatment thresholds are… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu General Comments The grain and oilseed markets are a moving target. Information is constantly fed into the trading pits where commodity prices are bid accordingly, seeking to find equilibrium. At times isolated events… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Late Blight Advisory Disease Severity Value (DSV) Accumulation as of May 26, 2008 is as follows: Location: Broad Acres, Zimmerman Farm, Rt. 9, Kent County Greenrow: April 27 Remember that 18 DSVs is the… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu The weather based forecasting program MELCAST has begun for 2008. MELCAST is a weather-based spray scheduling program for anthracnose and gummy stem blight of watermelon. If you received… Continue Reading
