David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybean Continue scouting for podworm and stink bug in double crop beans. Stink bug thresholds increase to 7 once we move into R6.5, and up to 10 bugs/15 sweeps past R7. Podworms may still be… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sorghum For the first time in several years, we have significant sorghum aphid populations at the research station. Thresholds in southern states are 30% infested plants with a dime sized or greater colony of aphids… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sorghum Any sorghum that was shedding pollen in the last 7-10 days or is currently shedding pollen should be scouted for corn earworm. Beat 50 heads into a bucket and count the number of small,… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybean Podworms are showing up in double crop fields, and some fields have been treated earlier this week. As a reminder, the soybean threshold calculator is a good tool to create a ballpark estimate at… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Mike Webb for correctly identifying the damage to the soybean pod as being caused by either the corn earworm, aka the soybean podworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, sorghum headworm, vetchworm…. Soon it will… Continue Reading
