Bill Cissel, Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management; bcissel@udel.edu Congratulations to Bob Leiby for correctly identifying the parasitized aphid in the photograph and for being selected to be entered into the end of season raffle for $100 not once but… Continue Reading
Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu Rainfall over the past week have complicated weed control for fields planted before the rain. The rains have moved most of the herbicide out of the weed emergence zone and will there is probably… Continue Reading
Bill Cissel, Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management; bcissel@udel.edu Over the past couple of weeks, we have been following the corn plant in the photographs below to see if the plant would out-compete the slugs or if the slugs would… Continue Reading
Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu Growing degree day (GDD) accumulation has been pretty steady for the last month, with most corn emerging within a week of planting. In Sussex County, we have observed some fields between V4-V6(4-6 visible leaf… Continue Reading
Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu If you have had issues with tidal inundation of soils in the past, or had some flooding this spring, you may be thinking about remediation methods to get the salt content down. While gypsum… Continue Reading
