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27:8

Flea Beetle Feeding and Tomato Early Blight

May 16, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I visited a few tomato fields this week and found 2 to 4-week-old tomato plants with some early blight (Alternaria solani) and in some cases bad early blight lesions. This is… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:8, early blight, flea beetle, tomato, vegetable insect scouting

Allium Leafminer Moving South in Maryland

May 16, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The new pest of onion, leek and garlic, the Allium leafminer, is moving south in Maryland. It was first observed in Maryland in Cecil Co. in 2017, but now the fly’s… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:8, allium leafminer, garlic, leek, onion, vegetable insect scouting

Yellowing in Peas

May 16, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Pea harvest is nearing and we are seeing yellowing and poor growth in many pea fields due to wet conditions. Peas do not perform well in soils that are worked when they… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:8, biological nitrogen fixation, pea root rot, peas, vegetable crop nutrients

Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting

May 16, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

David Owens, Extension Entomologist; owensd@udel.edu Potatoes Colorado potato beetle adults are active and laying eggs in potato fields. Most of the insects observed this week were confined to the edge of the field, in part because beetles do not fly… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:8, vegetable insect scouting

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