WCU Volume 31, Issue 11 – June 9, 2023 PDF of WCU Volume 31:11 – June 9, 2023 WCU Subscription Options for 2023: Mail, Email or Text Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting Will Smoke from Wildfires Affect Vegetable Crops?… Continue Reading
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University of Delaware Cooperative Extension is seeking applicants for the position of Extension Agent II, Vegetable Crops. Direct Link to Full Job Posting: https://careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job/499978/extension-agent-ii-vegetable-crops CONTEXT OF THE JOB: The Carvel Research and Education Center serves as the College of Agriculture… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu This week, we are walking corn fields doing PSNTs and side dressing and herbicide applications. When we look down, we see suspicious looking plants. There are several reasons why corn seedlings might collapse or tiller… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to John Swaine for correctly identifying the cause of the silvery streaking in corn as thrips feeding. Thrips generally are not considered an economic threat to either corn or soybean. In soybean, thrips might… Continue Reading
