Pest Monitoring May 8, 2019 - From Issue: 657 By: Laura Ingwell Read More As we wait patiently for the ground to dry and our seedlings to grow, take a moment to consider your strategy for maintaining plant health. If you haven’t started already,[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Brassica Pest Collaborative April 11, 2019 - From Issue: 655 By: Wenjing Guan Great information on pest management of brassica crops can be found at the Brassica Pest Collaborative website (https://ag.umass.edu/vegetable/resources/brassica-pest-collaborative). This project recently conducted several online workshops on managing insect pests of[Read More…] Article Categories: Cole Crops Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Striped Cucumber Beetles: Densities and Effective Scouting in Watermelons October 24, 2018 - From Issue: 652 By: John Ternest Read More Striped cucumber beetle can be a significant pest in watermelon production systems. These pests can cause feeding damage to roots, stems, leaves, and flowers of plants as well as the[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
IPM Revisited: A Cost-effective Solution for Balancing Pest and Pollinator Management October 24, 2018 - From Issue: 652 By: Jacob Pecenka Read More Insecticides are often needed to control pests in vegetable crops, but in crops that require pollinators we often worry about the impact those insecticides may have on those pollinators (Figure[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Bees Insect and Mite Management
What’s Eating my Squash? September 20, 2018 - From Issue: 651 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Many of us may forget about the pesky squash vine borer until it’s too late. This pest of cucurbit crops tends to be sporadic in our region; you are either[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Corn Earworm Late Moth Flight Quite Impressive August 30, 2018 - From Issue: 650 By: John Obermeyer Read More Corn earworm moth numbers have been relatively low this season until recently, as numbers have exploded in pheromone traps. These moths will lay their eggs on numerous crops, with late-market[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Solanaceous Crops Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Know Your Worms in the Ear August 16, 2018 - From Issue: 649 By: John Obermeyer Read More Several caterpillars in the ear can be very similar in appearance and habits, so identification to species of some of the worms in ears can be tricky. Note that, in[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Why Your Insecticide May Not Be Working as Well as You Would Like July 31, 2018 - From Issue: 648 By: Rick Foster and Laura Ingwell It’s not uncommon for us to get calls from growers who are expressing concern about a particular insecticide product that is not working as well as the growers would like.[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Spider Mites on Cucurbit Crops July 5, 2018 - From Issue: 646 By: Laura Ingwell, Rick Foster and Dan Egel Read More Despite the wet start to the summer that we are experiencing, we have some growers reporting spider mites in field watermelons (Figure 1). This pest is typically associated with hot,[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Bacterial Wilt of Cucumbers Grown in a High Tunnel May 24, 2018 - From Issue: 643 By: Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel and Laura Ingwell Read More Bacterial wilt is one of the most destructive diseases in high tunnel cucumber production. The reason bacterial wilt is so important is because, like other wilt diseases, it ties up[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Insect and Mite Management
