SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE: JULY 31, 2020 David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist, Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Click on photos to enlarge. Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit fly numbers continue to increase at nearly all of the sites that we are monitoring. Trap counts this week are mostly […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 5- July 31, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge FALL ARMYWORM COUNTS RISING Most Silking Corn Fields Require Protection SITUATION A heat wave has kept corn development at a speedy pace, especially where irrigation is available. Some fields are looking dry again, where showers have been sparse. A tropical […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE: JULY 24, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist, Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit fly numbers have been increasing over the past week in most of the sites that we are monitoring. Due to various […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 4- July 24, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge. EARLY CORN HARVEST UNDERWAY Corn Earworm and Fall Armyworm Numbers Higher in Most Locations SITUATION: Corn harvest has started in southern Maine in early planted fields advanced by plastic mulch or rowcovers. Hot weather and timely rain showers have kept corn […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ALERT: JULY 20, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist We have found spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit flies in raspberry plantings and late strawberry beds in Maine over the past week in southern Maine locations. This complements reports from other […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 3 – July 20, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge. PEST PRESSURE INCREASES FOR SILKING CORN Corn Earworm and Fall Armyworm Numbers Higher at Most Sites SITUATION With favorable weather in much of the state it continues to push corn development, with more fields coming into silk. However, some sites […]
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Strawberry IPM Newsletter No. 6 – July 17, 2020 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 strawberry year to remember (or not!). An early onset to winter interfered with fall mulching and herbicide applications, then a very cool […]
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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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Strawberry IPM Newsletter No. 5 – June 12, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge EARLY STRAWBERRY HARVEST BEGINS IN SOUTHERN MAINE Tarnished Plant Bug, Spider Mites and Gray Mold Most Common Threats Twilight Meeting Tuesday June16, 2020 at Blackie’s Farm Fresh Produce in Auburn, Me Situation: We’ve finally had some good growing conditions for strawberries […]
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