Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu September is well under way and small grain planting is only a few weeks away. Fungal disease pressure in small grains was moderate in 2022. It is hard to predict what in-season disease… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybean Continue scouting double crop soybeans for stink bug activity. At R6, pods with full seed, the threshold starts to increase from 5 to 7 bugs per 15 sweeps. Many second generation stink bugs are… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Each year I put this information out near the end of a growing season in the hopes that growers will take a look in their fields for root knot nematode problems… Continue Reading
Shem Elias, UD Masters Student and Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Are you wondering if you can successfully grow ginger in the Mid Atlantic? Yes you can. Scientific name – Zingiber officinale Roscoe Family – Zingiberaceae Plant… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn Thursday was our last trapping day of the 2022 season. Many thanks to Dick Monaco for faithfully checking traps this season and to USDA-NIFA’s CPPM program for partially funding this effort. Thanks also… Continue Reading
