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WCU Volume 21, Issue 12 – June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013Emmalea Garver Ernest

PDF Version of WCU 21:12 – June 14, 2013 WCU Subscription Options for 2013: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Soil Compaction in Vegetable Fields Angular Leaf Spot on Watermelon Pea Root Rots, Wilts, and Stem Decay… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized 21:12, index, Weekly Crop Update

Impact of Flooded and Saturated Soil Conditions on Field Crops

June 14, 2013Emmalea Garver Ernest

Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomist; rtaylor@udel.edu Across the state, most areas have been experiencing an intense period of very high rainfall with another line of storms moving through New Castle County as I write this article. We’ve had a number of… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 21:12, abiotic stress, field corn, soybean

Sooty Mold on Barley and Wheat

June 14, 2013Emmalea Garver Ernest

Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu We have seen black heads on barley and wheat throughout Delaware (Fig. 1). The black heads are due to sooty head molds, a group of opportunistic fungi including Cladosporium, Epicoccum, and Alternaria.… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 21:12, barley, barley diseases, wheat, wheat diseases

Agronomic Crop Insects – June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013Emmalea Garver Ernest

Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Soybeans Be sure to sample the earliest planted fields for bean leaf beetles, potato leafhoppers, thrips, grasshoppers, green cloverworm and spider mites. Grasshoppers are present, especially in no-till fields. As soon as the weather… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 21:12, agronomic crop insect scouting

Fruit Drop in Tree Fruits

June 14, 2013Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Fruit trees commonly set more fruit than they will carry and chemical, mechanical, or hand thinning is done to reduce fruit loads, increase fruit size, and limit alternate year bearing. Natural fruit… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 21:12, apple, peaches, pears, plum, tree fruit

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