PDF Version of WCU 21:3 – April 12, 2013 WCU Subscription Options for 2013: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Revisiting Degradable Plastic Mulches Vegetable Transplant Height Control New Use Registration for Presidio Managing Bacterial Fruit Blotch… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to scout fields for both alfalfa weevil and pea aphids. Under dry weather conditions, you may need to reduce the following thresholds, especially when both insects are present in a field. As… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Extension Agent – Vegetable Crops; emmalea@udel.edu Supersweet sweet corn varieties have desirable quality attributes, but generally have lower seed vigor than sugary enhanced (se) varieties, and the standard recommendation is to wait to plant them until average soil… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu As watermelon transplant production begins in greenhouses across Delmarva, there are a few practices to keep in mind to best manage BFB of watermelon and avoid its introduction… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu A new supplemental label was recently approved for the use of Presidio on carrot. Cavity spot and root dieback, both caused by Pythium spp., can be managed with… Continue Reading
