Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Over the past few weeks I have gotten reports of and have seen vegetable (mostly tomato, but also pepper crucifers, cucurbits and small fruit) fields throughout the Mid-Atlantic having problems with… Continue Reading
– Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Allium leaf miner (ALM) and thrips damage are being reported from many different crops. I have talked about both these pests in previous articles and will not go into any… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The hotter temperatures we have had have caused thrips and to a lesser extent two spotted spider mite, TSSM (Tetranychus urticae) populations to rapidly increase in some vegetable fields. These pests… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu and Karen Rane, Plant Diagnostician, University of Maryland rane@umd.edu Over the past few weeks, we have seen several greenhouse (GH) and high tunnel (HT) vegetable (basil and tomato mostly, but also… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Last week several fields were found with one or more of the big 3 for mid-summer pests in tomato. These disease and insect pests do well in hot weather, although two… Continue Reading
