Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The unusually warm and dry winter and spring we have had up to now has allowed large populations of seed and root maggots to invade our vegetable fields. Some farms have… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Many Delmarva vegetable growers plant cover crops that winter kill. This reduces costs for crop destruction prior to planting early spring vegetables. With the mild January and February temperatures, many cover crops… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Seed Corn Maggot in Spring Planted Vegetables The warmer daytime temperatures in late February and March followed by cooler spring temperatures has resulted in very favorable conditions for seed corn maggot (SCM) infestations. Spring… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland;jbrust@umd.edu This cool spring has been good weather for a pest of early planted seeds and bulbs—the seed corn maggot Delia platura (SCM) and other seed maggots such as Cabbage maggot Delia radicum… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu This unseasonably cool moist spring has been perfect weather for an old pest of early planted seeds and bulbs—the seed corn maggot Delia platura (SCM) and other seed maggots such as… Continue Reading
