Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu This is the time of year that we start to see pod disorders in early planted lima beans. This includes partially filled, misshapen, and yellowing pods and irregular, dimpled, or misshapen seed.… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Tracy Leskey (USDA/ARS) provided the following report: “It appears that the beginning of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) immigration and dispersal into commercial orchards has begun in earnest in both WV and MD. Crews… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Field Corn We just received word from EPA that they did approve Delaware’s Section 18 emergency use request for Avipel® Hopper Box (dry) Corn Seed Treatment for the protection of field corn seed from… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu This has been one of the worse years for stink bug damage in tomatoes that I have seen in a while. Just about every field I walk into has at least… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu A few weeks ago some growers contacted me about a very small bug that was all over their organic fields of various vegetables. It took me awhile to find out what… Continue Reading
