PDF Version of Volume 23, Issue 24 – September 4, 2015 WCU Subscription Options for 2015: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insects Gold Flecking on Tomatoes Agronomic Crops Agronomic Crop Insects Soft Red Winter Wheat and… Continue Reading
Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomy Specialist; rtaylor@udel.edu A number of tests have been developed to estimate or measure the quality of grain produced by various types of wheat. Most of us are most familiar with the measure called test weight, which… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa and Grass Hay Crops Continue to watch for defoliators in grass hay crops and alfalfa. We continue to see economic levels in an occasional field. Significant damage can occur in grass hay fields… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu “Why do I still have gold fleck on my tomatoes when I have sprayed repeatedly for thrips? I must have a resistant thrips population.” I have heard growers tell me this… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Cole Crops Continue to sample for cabbage looper, diamondback larvae, beet and fall armyworms and Harlequin bug. Although the pyrethroids will provide control of Harlequin bugs they are not effective on beet armyworm or… Continue Reading
