Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu USDA Export Sales Report 06/17 Pre-report estimates for weekly export sales of U.S. soybeans (combined old-crop and new-crop) ranged from 12.9 million bushels 16.5 million bushels. The weekly report showed total export sales… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to sample for potato leafhoppers on a weekly basis. We continue to see both the adult and nymph stage. As indicated before, the nymphs can cause damage very quickly so sample fields… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Disease Severity Value (DSV) Accumulation as of June 16, 2010 is as follows: Location: Art and Keith Wicks Farm, Rt. 9, Little Creek, Kent County Green row: May 6 LATE BLIGHT EARLY BLIGHT… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu On both potato and tomato early blight produces large brown areas on the leaf, usually with a concentric ring pattern. On potato early blight usually begins after flowering on susceptible varieties, especially once potatoes… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Symptoms of pepper anthracnose on fruit include sunken, circular spots which develop blackish-tan to orange concentric rings as lesions develop. Lesions on stems and leaves appear as grayish-brown spots with dark margins and can… Continue Reading
