David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu While looking for soybean looper and earworm, you spot some foliage that just doesn’t look right. It’s too early for senescence. What might be going on here? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUPYLZnTRsol46hXmgqj8fvt5f8-JI0eEUHb3QJaNDLG_4kg/viewform?c=0&w=1
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu I apologize for not putting the photo of last week’s pest picture on the google form. This one was tricky, and caused me to scratch my head for a bit because I wanted to call… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sorghum Continue scouting late sorghum for earworm and sugarcane aphid. Sugarcane aphid activity is high right now and a little bit earlier than last year. Fortunately, our September is forecast to be much cooler than… Continue Reading
Kathy Demchak, Sr. Extension Associate, Penn State Univ; Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman, Assoc. Professor and Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, West Virginia Univ.; and Bob Rouse, Emeritus Faculty and former Fruit and Vegetable Specialist, Univ. of Maryland The plant material used to… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Samples of sweet potatoes from southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore have shown feeding damage from either wireworms or white grubs. Wireworms bore shallow holes into the surface of sweet potato… Continue Reading
