PDF Version of Volume 24, Issue 20 – August 5, 2016 WCU Subscription Options for 2016: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insects Watermelon Fruit Disorders in 2016 Vegetable Crop Disease Update Dickeya dianthicola Update Agronomic Crops… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu The UD Field Crop Pathology team surveyed numerous fields of full season and double cropped soybeans this week. Most full season beans were past R3 and starting the critical grain fill process.… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Zeal SC – (Valent) – Spider Mite Control on Soybeans – This miticide was recently registered for spider mite control in soybeans. NOTE – this is the only labeled formulation of etoxazole available for… 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. True armyworm, yellow striped armyworm and fall armyworm can all attack hay crops. We continue to hear about… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu and Andy Wyenandt, Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers University; wyenandt@aesop.rutgers.edu The potato season in winding down and growers should be thinking about what they will do next season as far as sourcing… Continue Reading
