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28:7

Small Grains Disease Update

May 1, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Across much of the region, wheat is now at the 10.0-10.4 growth stage with heading well underway. Last week when many plants were in boot stage, we were hit with multiple cold nights… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 28:7, barley, freeze injury, glume blotch, small grain, small grain diseases, wheat

Small Grain Freeze Damage and Current Growing Degree Days

May 1, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu The generally accepted starting date for corn planting in Delaware is April 15th, after which our chances of a freeze are supposed to be low. This was not the case this year, as Newark… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 28:7, abiotic stress, barley, field corn, freeze injury, growing degree days, small grain, wheat

Agronomic Crop Insect Scouting

May 1, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Small Grain Continue scouting for cereal leaf beetle eggs or larvae. Thresholds are 25 per 100 tillers. Although eggs tend to be laid on the upper leaves, some will be laid lower and larvae can… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 28:7, agronomic crop insect scouting

Rethink Rainsheltering

May 1, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu and Emmalea Ernest, Associate Scientist – Vegetable Crops; emmalea@udel.edu As the climate is expected to become wetter with more extreme rainfall events, losses of fruit crops to excess rain will become more… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 28:7, abiotic stress, blueberries, brambles, cherry, grapes, low tunnel, rainshelter, strawberry

Fruit Crop Insect Scouting

May 1, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Between April 14 and 21, we captured our first San Jose Scale in an apple orchard near Bridgeville using pheromone traps but have not captured any since. Typically, male scales emerge around petal fall, and… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 28:7, apple, peaches, pears, plum, San Jose Scale

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