Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu August and September are the time for sooty blotch and flyspeck (SBFS) diseases of apples to build up. These problems are caused by many different fungi and are managed together. Sooty… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Grapes University of Kentucky has an excellent grape IPM scouting guide available at: https://grapescout.ca.uky.edu/insectpests Apples We have placed brown marmorated stink bug traps in several apple blocks recently. Last week, 2 of the 4 blocks… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The weather for the last week or so in our area has been ideal for air pollutants to cause injury to vegetable crops, especially cucurbits. One of these air pollutants… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn The 2022 Corn Earworm flight has begun. Some of our traps have recorded massive increases in the last four days. At least at one of our locations, we have a trapping study… Continue Reading
Field Tour of Carvel Crops Research Wednesday, August 10, 2022 3:30-5:30 p.m. University of Delaware Carvel Research & Education Center 16483 County Seat Hwy, Georgetown, DE 19947 Please mark your calendars and save the date to join us for the… Continue Reading
