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29:19

Guess The Pest! Weeks 17 Answer

July 30, 2021cmanneri

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Mona Steele and others who correctly identified last week’s pernicious vegetable, garden, and field edge weed as Bermuda grass or wire grass. It spreads both with above ground stolons and below ground rhizomes.… Continue Reading →

General 29:19, Guess the Pest!

What to do about Palmer Patches

July 30, 2021cmanneri

Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu I suspect all have heard about the need for preventing Palmer amaranth seeds from entering the soil and preventing seed production to stop the spread of seed with the combine.  A few questions have… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:19, palmer amaranth

Soybean Disease Updates

July 30, 2021cmanneri

Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Full season soybeans across the area are approaching or at R3. Overall, the heat and dry conditions of the past few weeks have kept disease pressure low across the region. There have been… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:19, foliar fungicide, soybean disease, soybeans

Agronomic Crop Insect Scouting

July 30, 2021cmanneri

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybeans Continue scouting for bean leaf beetle, Dectes, defoliation, and stink bugs. Towards the end of this week coming or the following, be on the lookout for corn earworm. Our next moth flight will be… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:19, agronomic crop insect scouting, corn, soybeans

Yellowing of Cantaloupe Leaf Edges

July 30, 2021cmanneri

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I have been seeing and receiving a few samples of yellowing (chlorosis) around the margins of cantaloupe leaves (Fig. 1). The marginal chlorosis observed in figure one would indicate salt burn,… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:19, cantaloupe, salt stress

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