PDF Version of WCU 16:24 – August 29, 2008 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Late Summer Vegetable Notes Pumpkins Ready for Harvest? Agronomic Crops Agronomic Crop Insects Soybean Rust Update Grain Marketing Highlights General Plant Management Network Publishes… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu The following article is a news release about the Plant Management Network and specifically about the Plant Disease Management Reports. This resource is valuable to all those who use fungicides and those that recommend… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Hurricane Watch As we head into the Labor Day weekend there are conflicting signals impacting commodity markets. First, hurricane Gustav is forecast to head into the Gulf Coast sometime over the weekend/first of… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu On August 24th, soybean rust was confirmed in a commercial field at the R8 growth stage in Willacy County, Texas in the far southern tip of the state. On August 22nd, soybean rust was… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Soybeans Economic levels of corn earworm can be found in double crop fields in Kent and Sussex counties. We have not heard of reports of economic levels from New Castle County but there were… Continue Reading
