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29:7

Guess The Pest! Week 6

May 7, 2021kgyoung

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Get out your field guides and practice your pest management knowledge by clicking on the GUESS THE PEST logo or following this link: http://www.udel.edu/008255 and submitting your best guess. For the 2021 season, we will… Continue Reading →

General 29:7, Guess the Pest!

Guess The Pest! Week 5 Answer: Radiation Frost

May 7, 2021kgyoung

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Mr. John Hockmuth logged a good guess for last week’s condition as anthracnose. There is an anthracnose that affects sycamore trees, especially in cool, wet years. Anthracnose can keep sycamores from leafing out and giving… Continue Reading →

General 29:7, blueberry, freeze injury, freeze protection, Guess the Pest!, peaches, strawberry

True Armyworm and Black Cutworm Trap Report

May 7, 2021kgyoung

, David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Trap captures for black cutworm have increased considerably over last week. While this does not mean a given field will have a problem, it does indicate that there is risk for cutworm on further… Continue Reading →

General 29:7, black cutworm, trap catches, true armyworm

Small Grain Disease Update

May 7, 2021kgyoung

Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Most barley is at the end of anthesis and I am beginning to see wheat heads emerge. Although there was rain this week, our region remains at low risk in the Fusarium Risk… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:7, barley, fusarium head blight, small grain, wheat

Growing Degree Days through May 3rd

May 7, 2021kgyoung

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu; Cory Whaley, Sussex Co. Extension Ag Agent, whaley@udel.edu; Jake Jones, Extension Agriculture Agent, Kent County, jgjones@udel.edu; Dan Severson, Agriculture Agent, New Castle County, severson@udel.edu While it may not seem much warmer than it was… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:7, barley, fusarium head blight, small grain, wheat

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