SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE: AUGUST 30, 2019 Click on photo to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology; Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Spotted wing drosophila fruit fly numbers continue to rise at most of the berry farm locations we’re monitoring. All sites […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE: AUGUST 16, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology; Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Spotted wing drosophila fruit fly numbers remained high at the berry farm locations where they have been over threshold for […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 7 – August 26, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. CORN EARWORM PRESSURE REMAINS HIGH Moth Activity Down Slightly, But Still a Threat to Silking Corn SITUATION Recent very warm days and nights have pushed maturity of later planted corn. Showers have kept most fields from experiencing drought stress, so […]
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Northeast Mechanical Weed Control Expo Thursday, September 12, 2019 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM University of Maine Rogers Research Farm, 914 Bennoch Road, Old Town, Maine 04468 Venue Phone: 207.827.4695 Preregistration is required. Registration fee is $20 by September 5, $30 from September 6 – 11, or $40 on the day of the event. Lunch […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 6 – August 16, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. CORN EARWORM PRESSURE HIGHEST OF THE SEASON All Sites Now Need Protection on Silking Corn SITUATION Corn harvest is coming into full swing, with warm temperatures hastening maturity of later planted fields. Corn earworm moth counts continued to climb this […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ALERT: AUGUST 9, 2019 David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology; Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit fly numbers increased at nearly all of the berry farm locations we are monitoring in Maine this week. We are […]
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Strawberry IPM Newsletter No. 6 – August 2, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. RENOVATION AND WEED MANAGEMENT ISSUE Get Your Strawberry Beds Ready for Next Year Manage Pests in Day-Neutral Strawberries A very early start to winter last November, with frigid temperatures and snowfall made it difficult for many growers to get mulch and […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 4 – August 2, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. CORN EARWORM THREAT INCREASES Fall Armyworm, Western Bean Cutworm Pressure Also Higher SITUATION Sweet corn growth has been very good with the recent warm weather. Some locations are irrigating as fields have finally dried out from our soggy spring. Pest […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 2 – July 19, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. FALL ARMYWORM, CORN EARWORM THREATEN EARLY CORN Fields Silking Now Require Protection Highmoor Farm Field Day For Fruit and Vegetable Growers Monmouth, Maine Wednesday, July 31 from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Preregister now! SITUATION Warmer weather has advanced corn […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 1 – July 12, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. 2019 SWEET CORN PEST SEASON BEGINS! European Corn Borer, Corn Earworm Active in Early Fields Highmoor Farm Field Day For Fruit and Vegetable Growers Monmouth, Maine Wednesday, July 31 from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Preregister now! The 2019 University […]
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