Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Tuesday, June 30, 2009, USDA Planted Acreage: Corn Planted Acreage Up 1% from 2008 Soybean Acreage Up 2% All Wheat Acreage Down 5% Corn planted area for all purposes in 2009 is estimated… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu The following was written by Dr. Arv Graubaskas, Extension Field Crops Plant Pathologist at the University of Maryland in his Maryland Field Crop Disease Notes. The issue of applying fungicides to corn when part… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu SCN was diagnosed this past week in soybeans and snapbeans. These two hosts are the only crops that are affected in the region. If you see stunting and yellowing, carefully dig up the affected… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Scab There have been reports of wheat being rejected at the elevator for excessive vomitoxin (DON) levels in the grain due to head scab infection. The following was written by Dr. Arv Gybauskas from… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa We have seen an increase in potato leafhopper populations this past week so be sure to sample fields for adults and nymphs. The treatment thresholds are 20 per 100 sweeps on alfalfa 3… Continue Reading
