Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Nancy Gregory received several samples of potatoes over the last 10 days that were affected by Fusarium and Pythium, which can cause tuber rot and impact seed quality. Wounding at harvest can… Continue Reading
PDF Version of WCU 17:25 – September 4, 2009 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Sweet Corn and Lima Bean Disease Update Bonsai Pumpkin Plants Worms in High Tunnel Tomatoes Agronomic Crops Agronomic Crop Insects Soybean Disease Update Corn… Continue Reading
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 4:30-7:00 p.m. Wye Research and Education Center 211 Farm Lane, Queenstown, MD (signs will be posted) Please join University of Maryland Specialists Jerry Brust, Bryan Butler, Galen Dively, and Mike Newell for review and discussion of… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Big Crops Get Bigger or Do They? USDA will release their September supply and demand estimates next Friday. The National Weather Service has predicted warm growing conditions for the next ten days to… Continue Reading
Bob Uniatowski, Associate Scientist; bobuni@udel.edu Preliminary results from the 2009 Delaware Small Grain Trials are available online at http://www.udel.edu/varietytrials/small_grains/index.html. Introduction During 2008-2009, 48 wheat (including 7 experimental), 9 public barley (1 experimental) varieties were tested at three locations, and 5… Continue Reading
