IPM

Vegetable IPM Program – Corn Earworm Monitoring

Plant and Pest Advisory – Kris Holmstrom and Amanda Quadrel – October 24, 2024

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It is likely that blacklight trapping will not be continued in the Rutgers Vegetable IPM Program beginning in 2025, due to the unavailability of the specific bulb that has been the standard for blacklight traps for decades. Under these circumstances, the IPM Program will rely on pheromone trapping to determine levels of important crop pests […]

NEWA Disease and Insect Forecasting System

Plant & Pest Advisory- May 20, 2024- Andy Wyenandt

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Since 2011 the vegetable working group has teamed up with Cornell University’s NEWA to bring tomato and potato late blight and early blight forecasting to vegetable growers through out New Jersey. Over 50 weather stations from Sussex to Cape May County now offer disease as well as insect forecasting services for numerous important pests. The […]