PDF Version of Volume 24, Issue 18 – July 22, 2016 WCU Subscription Options for 2016: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insects Sunburn in Fruiting Vegetables and Fruit Crops and Sunburn Protection Potato Late Blight Update… Continue Reading
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Meet at Main Auction Sales Area 10667 Georgetown Rd, Laurel, DE Participants who attend this tour will have an opportunity to visit the Laurel Farmers Auction with Auction Manager Calvin Musser, UD… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Corn in many parts of the state is at approaching tasseling through silk. Now is a good time to scout fields to see if there are any disease issues that may need… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to scout fields on a weekly basis for leafhoppers. In past years, we have also seen an increase in thrips when weather conditions turn hot and dry. Reports from other areas of… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Note that we have continued to have reports of Dickeya in Vivaldi potatoes. Dickeya is almost always a seed piece issue. If you have questions about how Dickeya spreads, or how it… Continue Reading
