PDF Version of WCU 19:10 – May 27, 2011 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Potato Disease Advisory #3 – May 26, 2011 Fasciation in Vegetables and Fruits MELCAST for Watermelons Fruit Update on Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Commodity Markets Turn Higher Planting delays in the Eastern Corn Belt and the Dakotas have raised serious concerns as to whether U.S. farmers will reach their planting goals this year. After ignoring Monday… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Barley The most prevalent diseases that can still be seen in areas where the barley has not returned yet are the spot blotch form of net blotch and powdery mildew. After checking the barley… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Potato leafhoppers are now present in fields so be sure to sample on a weekly basis after the first cutting. Once plants are yellow, yield loss has already occurred. The treatment thresholds are… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Many strawberry growers have seen the meadow spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) in their strawberries this year. Some of these growers include high tunnel growers who have never seen spittle bugs before in… Continue Reading
