Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa If you have not started to sample for alfalfa weevil, be sure to begin sampling fields on a weekly basis. Look for small larvae feeding in the tips of plants producing a round,… Continue Reading
Andy Wyenandt, Assistant Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers University; wyenandt@aesop.rutgers.edu Bob Mulrooney Notes: The following is an article by Andy Wyenandt on protectant fungicides that we have published in the past. Hopefully it will be a good review of… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Vegetable and bramble growers in Maryland have called me often over the last two years about fruit problems in their fields possibly caused by thrips. As an overall study of the… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Many of you know that potato acreage in Delaware has been declining, but we are committed to the potato growers to provide disease forecasting for late blight and information on other important potato diseases.… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Ag Agent, Kent Co.; gcjohn@udel.edu Pea plantings for later harvests in Delaware continue in April and the earliest snap bean plantings will start very soon. Early lima bean planting programs begin the third week in May. Other… Continue Reading
