By Heather Cooper •
Plant & Pest Advisory – January 16, 2026 – Maria Cramer The corn earworm traps from the Vegetable IPM program may be stored away for the winter, but thevegetable IPM team is always thinking about CEW management. We want to bring sweet corn producers’ attention to a free webinar put on by a regional team […]
By Heather Cooper •
Learn to scout for common diseases, insects and weed pests in greenhouse production ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell Integrated Pest Management, in collaboration with the University of Vermont and the University of Maine, has announced the return of its popular Greenhouse Scout School.This seven-week webinar series is designed to help greenhouse owners, managers, and employees effectively […]
By Heather Cooper •
This webinar will take place every second and fourth Tuesday from 12-1 PMfrom April to September and is free to attend.Registration is required at https://go.rutgers.edu/e64zfetw. The focus of this program is to provide timely updates on pest, disease, andweeds impacting commercial ornamental producers. The webinars will focuson the most important pests for a 2 week […]
By Heather Cooper •
Plant & Pest Advisory – June 23, 2025 – Tim Waller Explore the Rutgers New Ornamental IPM Program website, your go-toresource for a variety of tools and information, including the Plant & PestAdvisory, the Rutgers NJAES Plant Diagnostic Laboratory, and insights onScouting with Growing Degree-Days. Additionally, the site features theUSPest Growing Degree Day Model and […]
By Heather Cooper •
Maria Cramer, PhD joined Rutgers Cooperative Extension on Monday, March 24 as the SeniorProgram Coordinator for the Vegetable IPM program, supporting central and southern Jerseygrowers. Maria will be stationed in the Monmouth County Office of RCE in Freehold, NJ. Her email ismc3196@njaes.rutgers.edu. Dr. Cramer has extensive education and experience in IPM – rearing and identifying […]
By Heather Cooper •
Update: the Rutgers Nursery and Green Industry Working group developing a lunch-hour Critical IPM Updates (1hr) throughout the season. Sessions will be the second and fourth Tuesday, April-September. Sessions will be held live via Zoom and will be recorded then translated into Spanish. This is in effort to have the entire nursery industry on the […]
By Heather Cooper •
Plant and Pest Advisory – Kris Holmstrom and Amanda Quadrel – October 24, 2024 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 […]
By Heather Cooper •
Plant & Pest Advisory- May 20, 2024- Andy Wyenandt 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 […]