Crop

Subject

Issue Date

Apple

Alternaria leaf blotch, description and control

6/15

Alternaria leaf blotch, first report of year

6/15

bitter rot, first report of year

5/25

bitter rot, description and control

7/13

cedar-apple rust, infection period

4/27

cedar-apple rust, description

4/20

cicadas, periodical

5/4

codling moth, identifying

3/23

copper spray, time for

3/23

disease control during bloom through petal fall

4/13

dogwood borer

5/27

diseases, summer, control program

5/18, 6/8

dormant oil spray

3/10

fire blight, tips for control during bloom

3/30

fire blight, first report of year

4/27

fire blight, infection period results

4/27

fire blight, MaryBlyt, description and update

3/23, 4/6, 4/13

fire blight, secondary blooms, importance of

5/4

fire blight, summertime control strategies

5/18, 6/1

fire blight, trauma blight

5/11

fruit rot diseases, identifying

8/24

fungicide spray program, early-season

3/30

fungicide spray program, late-season

8/10

Glomerella leaf blotch, description and control

6/15

insecticide sprays needed

4/20

insects, how to use pheromone traps and how to monitor

3/24, 4/13

insects, late-season

9/17

insects, pheromone traps, count updates

3/10, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/15, 6/22, 7/13, 7/27, 8/10

necrotic leaf blotch of Golden Delicious, description and control

6/8, 6/15

Phytophthora crown rot and collar rot

9/7

phytotoxicity reminder for Quadris/Abound

5/11

powdery mildew, control

4/20, 6/8

plant bugs, description

6/8

redbanded leafroller moth activity

6/22

rust diseases

4/20

scab, fall sanitation practices

9/21

scab, infection periods

4/27

sooty blotch/flyspeck, first appearance & control

6/15

sooty blotch/flyspeck, accumulated wetting hours

5/18

spring cankerworm activity

4/6

storage diseases, cosmetic

9/7

storage decays

9/7

 Blackberry and Raspberry

double blossom - see "rosette"

certified plants, source

3/30

eastern raspberry fruitworm, first report

6/8

lesion nematode, first report for year

6/15

orange rust, description and control

5/11

rosette, description and control

4/13, 6/8

production without Benlate

3/10, 5/5

Septoria leaf spot of raspberry, description & control

6/22

spray program, fungicides, for blackberry

5/4

Blueberry

anthracnose cane blight, first report of year

7/13

cranberry fruitworm, description

6/22

twig blight, description and control

4/6

Cherry

black knot

8/10

leaf spot, description and control

6/22

Cucurbit Crops

Mexican bean beetle

7/27

powdery mildew, change in control recommendations

5/25

powdery mildew, strategies for control

9/7

spray program for disease control

6/22

squash beetle

7/27

squash vine borer

7/13

Grape

bitter rot, description and control

7/27

black rot, infection periods

4/27

black rot, spray program strategies

5/18

berry moth

4/13, 7/13

Botrytis bunch rot, time for spray

5/11, 7/13

downy mildew

8/24

fungicide spray program, early-season

4/6, 4/20

grapevine root borer

7/13

Japanese beetles, description and control

6/1

multicolored Asian lady beetles and wine grapes

8/10

phylloxera, description and control

6/1

Pierce's disease and California wine grapes

8/10

Peach and other stone fruits

bacterial spot, description and control

5/11

black knot of plum, description and control

8/10

brown rot, description and control

6/15, 7/13

brown rot, first report of year

5/25

disease control

4/20

dogwood borer

7/13

green fruit rot, description and control

5/11

insects, pheromone traps, count updates

See apple

insecticide sprays needed

4/20. 5/25

Oriental fruit moth

6/22

peachtree borer

7/13

Rhizopus rot, description and control

7/13

scab, description and control

5/11, 6/1

scab, first report of year

6/8

Pear

stony pit

9/21

Pumpkin

fruit rots

9/21

Strawberry

anthracnose, first appearance and control

4/13

anthracnose, crown, matted row, report

6/15

Botrytis - see "gray mold"

disease control after harvest, matted row

6/1

disease update

4/6

fungicide use in plasticulture, in fall

8/24

gray mold, leaf sanitation for control

3/10

leaf scorch, first report of year

5/25

Phytophthora crown rot, scouting and control

3/30

Tomato

bacteriophages for bacterial spot and speck

9/7

beet armyworms and whiteflies

9/7

diseases on transplants at retail outlets

6/15

late blight and a comment on the tomato spray schedule

7/27

Pythium stem rot, description and control

5/25

spotted wilt virus, description and control

6/8

 Miscellaneous

current conditions and crop development stages

3/10, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18

disease reports

9/7

fungicides, small-batch preparation

5/11

fungicides, effect of rain on wash-off

6/1

fungicides, two new, for cole crops and greens

9/21

hurricane weather strategies

9/7

Japanese beetle update

8/10

methyl bromide, use extension

4/6

pesticide exposure on farms, study results

6/15

Phytophthora capsici, new host for

7/27

spray guides (commercial), how to obtain

3/23, 5/18

vegetable insect reports

6/15