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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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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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. 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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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ALERT: JULY 26, 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 We have found spotted wing drosophila fruit flies in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings in Maine over the past week, in most of the […]
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