David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology Captures of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit flies in vinegar/yeast traps in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings increased significantly at some locations this week, and is above threshold levels at most sites. Our highest counts of the […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 8 – August 17, 2018 Click on photos to enlarge. FALL ARMYWORM, CORN EARWORM PRESSURE HIGH Growers Report Difficulty Controlling Fall Armyworm SITUATION Warm weather continued to push corn development this week. Late-planted fields are mostly silking, and will be ready for the post-Labor Day market. We have had several […]
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David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology Captures of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit flies in vinegar/yeast traps in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings are now increasing in most locations, and at most sites counts rose above threshold levels, including one site with over […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 7 – August 10, 2018 Click on photos to enlarge. CORN EARWORM, FALL ARMYWORM THREAT INCREASES Silking Corn Fields Require Protection SITUATION All but the latest planted fields are now silk or beyond. Storm fronts approaching from the south and west have brought up more corn earworm and some fall […]
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David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology Captures of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit flies in vinegar/yeast traps in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings remained low in most locations, although at two sites ((Limington, Readfield) counts rose above threshold levels. (See table below.) The […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 6 – August 3, 2018 Click on photos to enlarge. CORN EARWORM THREATENS ALL SILKING CORN Most Sites Now Have Significant Moth Populations in Silking Corn SITUATION As predicted, the warm weather from the south has brought an increase in insect activity, as we come into the peak of the […]
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David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology We continue to capture spotted wing drosophila fruit flies in vinegar/yeast traps in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings this week, but mostly in low numbers. (See table below.) While these counts may indicate that populations are still […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 5 – July 27, 2018 Click on photos to enlarge. CORN EARWORM NUMBERS CLIMBING Populations Spotty, but Some Fields Severely Threatened SITUATION Corn harvest is coming into full swing for early varieties in southern and mid-coast farms. Warm weather has pushed maturity of later varieties, so we may see some […]
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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 (SWD) fruit flies in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings in Maine over the past week, in most of the locations where we have set up traps. (See table below.) This compliments […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 4 – July 20, 2018 Click on photos to enlarge. LOW INSECT ACTIVITY CONTINUES Storms Expected Next Week May Bring Pests into Maine SITUATION Some welcome rain fell on dry corn fields this week, followed by more warm weather. As a result, we are seeing rapid corn development in the […]
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