PDF Version of WCU 21:14 – June 28, 2013 WCU Subscription Options for 2013: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Chlorosis and Bleaching in Melon Leaves Caution with Copper Fungicides and Spray Surfactants in Vegetables and Fruits… Continue Reading
Lucas Clifton, Farmers First Services; LP33DE@yahoo.com Many Delaware crops – including corn, grain sorghum, lima beans, soybeans and processing varieties of sweet corn and tomatoes – have an acreage reporting deadline of July 15 for crop insurance policies. Accurate acreage… Continue Reading
Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomist; rtaylor@udel.edu There have been numerous questions concerning whether soybean fields need to be replanted or not after the frequent and often excessive rainfall during June. The soybean plant has an amazing ability to compensate for inadequate… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Researchers across the country have rated commercially available fungicides for their efficacy on major foliar diseases of corn and compiled a table of this information. This resource is available as a pdf… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Anthracnose Anthracnose was diagnosed on corn seedlings submitted to the University of Delaware diagnostic clinic. The fungus responsible for anthracnose, Colletotrichum graminicola, causes disease on leaves, stalks, and ears of corn, with… Continue Reading
