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Volume 19, Issue 13 – June 17, 2011

June 17, 2011cmanneri

PDF Version of WCU 19:13 – June 17, 2011 In this issue: Vegetables How High Heat Affects Vegetables and Other Crop Plants Leaf Scald in Sweet Corn and Other Crops Squash Bugs in Pumpkins Powdery Mildew on Watermelon Hot Weather… Continue Reading →

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Grain Marketing Highlights – June 17, 2011

June 17, 2011cmanneri

Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Are Commodity Prices Done? New crop corn prices have fallen 60 cents per bushel, new crop soybeans nearly 40 cents, and new crop SRW wheat 62 cents per bushel since June 9. The… Continue Reading →

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Potato Disease Advisory #8 – June 13, 2011

June 17, 2011cmanneri

Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Location: Art and Keith Wicks Farm, Rt 9, Little Creek, Kent County. Greenrow: May 3 Date Late Blight Early Blight Spray Interval Recommendation DSV Total DSV Accumulated P-days* 5/27-5/28 2 54 175 5-days 5/28-5/29… Continue Reading →

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Hot Weather and Blossom End Rot

June 17, 2011cmanneri

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The extreme heat that just recently ended was exceptionally stressful on plants, especially newly transplanted plants. But even well established plants found in high tunnels or that were planted early in… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized 19:13, blossom end rot, tomato

Powdery Mildew on Watermelon

June 17, 2011cmanneri

Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Watermelon is the least susceptible to powdery mildew of all locally grown cucurbit crops. However in recent years the Southeast region of the U.S. has seen an increase… Continue Reading →

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