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2019 University of Delaware Small Grains Variety Trial Results

August 2, 2019Gail Hermenau

Victor Green, Associate Scientist; vmgreen@udel.edu Results of the 2019 Delaware wheat and barley trials have just been posted online at: http://extension.udel.edu/ag/field-crop-resources/variety-trials-corn-hybrids-small-grains-soybeans/

Agronomic Crops 27:19, barley, wheat

Growing Degree Days Through August 31st

August 2, 2019Gail Hermenau

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu Unless you planted corn later in June, and some people appear to have made that choice, cornfields across Delaware should be into the reproductive stages. The easiest reproductive stage to decipher is probably R5,… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 27:19, growing degree days

Corn and Soybean Disease Update

August 2, 2019Gail Hermenau

Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Corn Grey Leaf Spot (GLS) has continued to be the most common foliar disease present in fields at this time. Lesions from GLS typically begin in the lower canopy and progress up the… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 27:19, agronomic crop diseases, grey leaf spot, soybean anthracnose

Agronomic Crop Insect Scouting

August 2, 2019Gail Hermenau

David Owens, Extension Entomologist; owensd@udel.edu Soybean The usual defoliator complex is active. Dectes numbers seem to be decreasing. Spider mites are still active. When scouting for them, be sure to put them under magnification to check if they are alive… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 27:19, agronomic crop insect scouting

Leafhopper Damage Found on Fruits and Vegetables

August 2, 2019Gail Hermenau

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Potato leafhoppers Empoasca fabae started out showing up early in the season in our area in unexpected numbers and now they are showing up again in vegetables (eggplant and potato) fruit… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:19, potato leafhopper

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