Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 2 – July 10, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge. CORN EARWORM, FALL ARMYWORM THREATEN EARLY CORN Early-Planted Fields Now Silking May Require Protection SITUATION Recent warm weather and rain showers have advanced corn development rapidly in much of the state. Earliest planted corn with plastic mulch or rowcovers […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 1- June 26, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge. 2020 SWEET CORN PEST SEASON BEGINS! European Corn Borer, Corn Earworm May Be Active in Early Fields The 2020 University of Maine Cooperative Extension Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program for sweet corn is getting underway. New protocols, to protect against COVID-19 […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 8 – August 30, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. Last Issue for the 2019 Season VERY HIGH CORN EARWORM PRESSURE CONTINUES All Fresh Silking Corn Remaining Requires Protection This will be the final issue of the Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter for the 2019 season. I would like to thank […]
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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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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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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 5 – August 9, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. HIGH INSECT PRESSURE FOR SILKING CORN Corn Earworm, Fall Armyworm, Western Bean Cutworm Counts High at Most Sites SITUATION Weather continues to be good for sweet corn growth, with some much-needed rain helping out the drier sites this week. Insect […]
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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. 3 – July 26, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. FALL ARMYWORM NUMBERS INCREASE; THREATEN SILKING CORN Moderate Corn Earworm Pressure at Most Locations 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 Continued good weather […]
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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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