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Ashley Leach

ableach@purdue.edu

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Spray Less, Pay Less, and Get Better Control of Your Arthropod Pests

June 29, 2021 - From Issue: 692
By: Jacob Pecenka and Ashley Leach
matrix listing pest and spray options with risks
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Unfortunately, pests don’t know when to take the day off. Even though we have bees in the field and watermelons reaching peak bloom, we still need to watch out for[Read More…]

 Article Categories:
  • Cucurbits
    • Watermelon
 Article Tags:
  • Insect and Mite Management

Seedling Damage by Maggot Pests

May 6, 2020 - From Issues: 673 / 735
By: Ashley Leach, Elizabeth Long and Laura Ingwell
Fig. 2 Maggot in young onion transplant with a penny referenced for size. Photo by John Obermeyer.
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Each and every spring we get reports of poor seed emergence, seedling and transplant damage in early planted crops of all sorts. Most recently in untreated sweet corn, home gardens[Read More…]

 Article Categories:
  • Cantaloupe
  • Cucumbers
  • Onions
 Article Tags:
  • Insect and Mite Management

Whitefly Identification and Control

August 15, 2019 - From Issue: 664
By: Laura Ingwell, Ashley Leach and Dan Egel
whiteflies on cucumber leaf.
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Here in Indiana, whitefly problems are rare, but when encountered it is most often in protected ag production (greenhouse or high tunnel) and less often in the field. However, this[Read More…]


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