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Plant Cover Crops Early to Increase Chances of Successful Establishment

September 17, 2021kgyoung

Amy Shober, Professor and Extension Specialist, Nutrient Management and Environmental Quality, ashober@udel.edu; Jarrod Miller, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Agronomy, jarrod@udel.edu; Jason Challandes, Regional SARE Educator, Delaware State University Over the past eight years, we have collected more than 12… Continue Reading →

General 29:26, cover crops

Corn Yields Following Cover Crops

September 17, 2021kgyoung

Jarrod O. Miller, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Agronomy, jarrod@udel.edu; Jamie Taraila, Graduate Research Assistant; Amy L. Shober, Professor and Extension Specialist, Nutrient Management and Environmental Quality, ashober@udel.edu This fall marks the end of a three-year study sponsored by the… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:26, cover crops, field corn, planting green

Agronomic Crop Insect Scouting

September 17, 2021kgyoung

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Alfalfa There have been reports from other states of fall armyworm defoliating alfalfa. Another generation is hatching out of egg masses now, so be on the lookout for them during this week coming and the… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:26, agronomic crop insect scouting

Pumpkin Fields: The Good and Bad News This Season

September 17, 2021kgyoung

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland, jbrust@umd.edu After visiting pumpkin fields over the last few weeks it seems that in some of the fields there could be a reduction in yields of around 15-30%. I reached this very… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:26, heat stress, pollination, pumpkin

Phytophthora Blight Becoming a Major Limiting Disease in Watermelon

September 17, 2021kgyoung

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu As we see wetter weather patterns, Phytophthora blight caused by Phytophthora capsici (P. cap) is becoming a major limiting disease in watermelons. P. cap is not a fungus – it belongs to… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:26, climate change, phytophthora capsici, watermelon, watermelon phytophthora blight

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