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Garlic and Bulb Mites are a Bad Combination

July 5, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Bulb mites (usually Rhizoglyphus spp) are a problem of garlic that easily go unrecognized. Usually growers notice a general yellowing of their garlic plants with the tips of leaves often turning… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:15, garlic, garlic bulb mite

Thrips Feeding Damage to High Tunnel Peppers

July 5, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Because of the bright sunny days we have had in the past 3-4 weeks, as well as higher temperatures lately, vegetables in high tunnels (HT) are highly susceptible to thrips and… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:15, pepper, thrips, tomato spotted wilt virus

Oregon Department of Ag Stops Sale of Some Neem Products

July 5, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The Oregon State Dept of Agriculture stopped the sale of 6 products containing neem due to pesticide contamination. The contamination was not 1 or 2 synthetic pesticides, but many different ones.… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:15

Stinkbug Damage Found in Many Tomato Fields

July 5, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I have seen and have gotten reports of (and some really nice pictures of) stinkbug damage in tomatoes over the past 10 days from all over Maryland including the Eastern Shore.… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:15, stinkbug, tomato

Sunburn in Vegetables Revisited; Use of Particle Films

July 5, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Recent weather has produced conditions where there is high potential for sunburn in fruits and fruiting vegetables. Growers may need to consider ways to protect against sunburn. Sunburn is most prevalent on… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:15, 30:13, abiotic stress, heat stress, particle films, pepper, sunburn

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