Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu The cool nighttime temperatures and overcast and rainy days are holding back growth of watermelon and cantaloupe transplants that have been planted in the field. Although I’ve received… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Late Blight Advisory Disease Severity Value (DSV) Accumulation as of May 21, 2008 is as follows: Location: Broad Acres, Zimmerman Farm, Rt. 9, Kent County Greenrow: April 27 Remember that 18 DSVs is the… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu In several strawberry fields I have visited over the last two weeks I have found thrips in the flowers. Almost all of the thrips were eastern flower thrips. The number of… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The recent very wet and cool temperatures we have had over the last two weeks have resulted in several fields of early planted cantaloupe and watermelon having seed corn maggot infestations.… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Cabbage Economic levels of diamondback and imported cabbage worm larvae continue to be found. A treatment should be applied when 5% of the plants are infested and before larvae move to the hearts of… Continue Reading
