Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Processing vegetable acres will be up this year in Delaware and on Delmarva including peas, lima beans, and sweet corn. Pickle acreage will remain steady. This increase in acres is largely due… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu A few new fungicide combinations are now labeled for sweet corn as well as field corn. Stratego YLD is a new combination of trifloxystrobin plus Proline (prothioconazole). Headline AMP is a combination of pyraclostrobin… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Potatoes Please note that there is no longer a Special Local Needs 24C Label for the use of Diazinon AG500 for wireworm management in potatoes in Delaware. This label has been cancelled by the… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu With the warm winter conditions, we have observed seed corn maggot flies actively laying eggs earlier and for a longer period of time. Adult flies are active in temperatures down to the mid 40s… Continue Reading
We hope that this first issue of Weekly Crop Update for 2012 will help you get your growing season off to a good start. The next WCU for 2012 will be issued on March 30. The WCU will then be… Continue Reading
