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Guess The Pest! August 11

August 11, 2023raharris

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu This week, we are jumping into sorghum to scout for earworm and aphids. We came across one field that has a lot of red lesions on the upper canopy leaves. What is this? Click on… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized 31:20

Agronomic Crop Insect Scouting

August 11, 2023raharris

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybeans Scout double crop soybean for corn earworm beginning next week. Our flight has just begun, and earworms are liable to show up in double crop soybean anytime in the next 3 weeks. Corn earworm… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 31:20

Corn Earworm Alert – Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting

August 11, 2023raharris

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu The much-anticipated corn earworm flight has begun for 2023, albeit more than 2 weeks later than last year. Traps that were catching 1 – 12 moths last week at this time are now catching dozens… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 31:20, corn earworm

Managing Pepper Anthracnose

August 11, 2023raharris

Andy Wyenandt, Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers University; wyenandt@njaes.rutgers.edu This article originally appeared in the Rutgers Plant and Pest Advisory. Unlike in tomato, where symptoms are only present in mature (red) fruit, pepper anthracnose can infect pepper fruit at… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 31:20, anthracnose, pepper anthracnose

Accumulated Rainfall Since April

August 10, 2023raharris

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu While we had a drier start to the season, summer rainfall has made up with heavy rainfall events across the state. Depending on the intensity of the storm, total rainfall may not represent what… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 31:20

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