PDF Version of WCU 19:19 – July 29, 2011 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Summer Vegetable Plantings for Fall Harvest Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Populations This Season Fruit Imidan 70 Now Labeled for Spotted Wing Drosophila on Some… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Executive Summary – ‘Price Direction Hinges Upon the Weather’ With the state of the economy currently up in the air, ethanol margins are reported to be the best spot margins in a few… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Field Corn This week we found a couple of additional fields in New Castle County with high levels of brown marmorated stink bugs (3-4 per plant) on field edges near woods. Adults, nymphs and… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu It should be noted that Spotted Wing Drosophila has been added to the Imidan 70 label for key crops. (http://www.cdms.net/LDat/ld7DS043.pdf).
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Brown marmorated stink bug populations were a big concern early this spring (and also all of last year) as their numbers were found to be pretty high in and around fruit… Continue Reading
