PDF Version of WCU 21:8 – May 17, 2013 WCU Subscription Options for 2013: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Transplant Losses and Replant Options Shadecloth for Hot Season Vegetable and Fruit Production Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon… Continue Reading
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is launching a new project to monitor water quality on agricultural fields within targeted areas of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. In an effort to improve and/or verify the effectiveness of agricultural conservation practices and… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu The Northeast IPM Center is producing a video series on BMSB highlighting the work of the SCRI Coordinated Agricultural Project on Biology, Ecology, and Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in specialty crops (Joanne… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu and Amy Shober, Extension Nutrient Management and Environmental Quality Specialist; ashober@udel.edu There are many benefits of long term no-till. However, using surface applications of poultry litter in no-till has several drawbacks. The… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Stripe Rust on Wheat Rusts are fungal pathogens that derive their name from their yellow to orange, rust-colored spores. Rusts typically are not of major concern unless disease levels are severe enough… Continue Reading
