PDF Version of WCU 18:15 – June 25, 2010 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Insecticide Update: Endosulfan (Thionex) Magnesium Deficiencies in Vegetables Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update Watch for Phytophthora Fruit Rot on Cucurbits Powdery Mildew on Cucurbits Potato… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Summer Impacts Commodity Marketing The beginning of summer is always a delightful time of year for those of us who love the great outdoors. Simultaneously, it is often times the beginning of very… Continue Reading
Roundup Ready soybeans may require a postemergence application of glyphosate and a manganese application about the same time. These glyphosate products can be tankmixed with manganese with some precautions. The manganese products can bind with glyphosate in the spray tank… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Soybean rust was confirmed June 10, in the US for the first time this season on soybean in Hidalgo County, Texas. Rust has also been confirmed on soybean in the neighboring Mexican state of… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to sample for potato leafhoppers on a weekly basis. Once plants are yellow, yield loss has already occurred. The treatment thresholds are 20 per 100 sweeps on alfalfa 3 inches or less… Continue Reading
