David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybean At this point, earworms are largely out of the system. Continue scouting for bean leaf beetle and stink bugs. Large numbers of bean leaf beetle can scar pods, weakening them and potentially allowing disease… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybean Continue scouting for stink bugs and bean leaf beetles. If during the next several weeks you encounter more than 4 beetles per sweep, collect pods to determine how many are being fed upon. Depending… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Vineyards Pay special attention to Japanese beetle. A small demo plot at Carvel had significant defoliation this week. Defoliation thresholds for Japanese beetle are 15 to 20 percent leaf defoliation. Tree fruit Stink bugs continue… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I have seen and have gotten reports of stinkbug damage in tomatoes over the past few days. Stinkbug feeding damage is called cloudy spot in tomato fruit (Fig. 1). It… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Blackberries are being harvested throughout the region currently. The blackberry is a composite fruit with many tiny berries (druplets) attached to a receptacle. These druplets are subject to damage during the ripening… Continue Reading
