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
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
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
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
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
