PDF Version of WCU 18:7 – April 30, 2010 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects On Farm Adoption of Soil Health Practices as a Part of Integrated Pest Management for Vegetables Resistance Management Strategies for Strobilurin Fungicides (FRAC Code… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Keep scouting wheat for foliar diseases. Stripe rust is still a concern and is present in the South. Warmer weather will favor the Septoria, Stagnospora complex that causes speckled leafspot and glume blotch as… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa If economic levels of alfalfa weevil were present before harvest and you decide to cut instead of spray, be sure to check fields within one week of cutting for damage to the regrowth.… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Production of high yields of quality fruit requires adapted varieties, close attention to disease and insect management, balanced plant nutrients, and good weather conditions. One of the other key areas that growers… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu There have been several reports throughout Maryland of early planted watermelon and cantaloupe fields with seedcorn maggot (SCM) damage. The damage to transplants is often thought to be just damping-off or… Continue Reading
