David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu and Bill Cissel, Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management; bcissel@udel.edu Low populations of bean leaf beetles, grasshoppers, green cloverworm, bean leaf rollers and soybean leafminer, and thrips are being observed in soybeans. We are also… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu If you have to contend with spotted wing drosophila, the following Extension publication may be a useful resource for combining multiple strategies to lessen damage and prevalence, especially for organic production systems: https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/publications/files/pdf/B%201497_3.PDF.
Nancy Mears, Extension Agent – Family and Consumer Science; mears@udel.edu Did you know that Approximately $17.6 million of SNAP Benefits issued each month in Delaware? The USDA Food and Nutrition Service places a high priority on expanding SNAP participants’ access… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I have gotten reports from flower growers of an inundation of thrips into their flower crop in the last week or so. I know, I know flowers are not vegetables, but… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu In the last week, tomatoes from different counties in Maryland were found with the same unusual disease symptoms, called tomato pith necrosis. All the problem tomatoes were from early planted fields.… Continue Reading
