PDF Version of WCU 17:7 – May 1, 2009 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Mother Stalk Asparagus Production System Fruit Cold Temperature Damage in Fruit Crops Agronomic Crops Agronomic Crop Insects Wheat Disease Scouting Soybean Rust Update Still… Continue Reading
Thursday, May 21 6:00 p.m. Wye Research and Education Center Queenstown, MD Meet at the farm operations complex, 211 Farm Lane – signs will be posted. Come See: ● High Tunnel Fall/Spring Fruit Production ● Annual Plasticulture System ● 2nd… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Impact of Swine Flu Outbreak on Commodity Markets Financial markets opened this week with a bad case of “swine flu jitters”. The jitters should be alleviated with the idea that those fears are… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu It is still not too late to check for soybean cyst nematode, especially if susceptible soybeans are going to be planted. Soil test bags with the submission form can be purchased at the Extension… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Soybean rust is reappearing in some of the old locations on kudzu in Florida. The severity and occurrence are low on kudzu wherever it is found at the present time. The only unsettling piece… Continue Reading
