Plum Curculio
The plum curculio (PC), a native of North America, is a major pest of pome and stone fruits in the United States and Canada east of the 100th meridian. The PC has a single generation in most areas but may have a partial second generation in the ... [... more]
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Blueberries in NY State
Download the Worksheet for Blueberry Elements in Excel format. 1. A water use plan that minimizes disease development, optimizes water use efficiency and minimizes erosion and runoff is used. 2. Fertilizer recommendations are based on soil and ... [... more]
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Phytophagous Mirid Bugs
Mullein plant bug (MPB) and apple brown bug (ABB) are occasional pests of apple and pear in New York. Because they occur in the same place at the same time and cause the same kind of damage, they are collectively referred to here as "mirid bugs" [... more]
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Elements of IPM for Cucumber, Melon,
Fusarium wilt (melons) 3) Avoid peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant in rotation with cucurbits to minimize disease problems 7) Choose sites with good air drainage; not surrounded by woods 9) If manure is applied to field, apply only before planting ... [... more]
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Beets in NY State
Root Rot of Table Beets in New York. New York Food and Life Sciences Bulletin No. 115 Cercospora leaf spot 2) Crop rotation. For Cercospora leaf spot rotate 2-3 years; for pocket rot rotate with grains; for root rot rotate at least 2 years; for ... [... more]
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Phytophthora Root and Crown Rots
Department of Plant Pathology, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University Phytophthora root and crown rots (sometimes called collar rot) are common and destructive diseases of fruit trees throughout the world. In New York, apple, ... [... more]
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Snap Beans in NY State
Test leaving out planter box insecticide for seed corn maggot treatment for fields where cover crops have not been used and organic matter is not high. 2) Crop rotation. If a field has had halo blight use a 3 year rotation; for brown spot at ... [... more]
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Greenhouse Tomatoes in NY State
Blancard, D. 1994. A Colour Atlas of Tomato Diseases. Observation, Identification, and Control. John Wiley & Sons, Great Britain. Jarvis, W. R. 1992. Managing Diseases in Greenhouse Crops. APS Press. Jones, J. B., J. P Jones, R.E Stall,. and T.A ... [... more]
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Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck
Wayne F. WilcoxDepartment of Plant Pathology, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University Sooty blotch and fly speck are the two most common "summer diseases" of apples in the Northeast; they are also problems on pears. Although ... [... more]
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Apple Scab
Wayne F. Wilcox Department of Plant Pathology, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University Apple scab is the most economically destructive disease of apples in the world. In the Northeast it is usually not possible to produce apples ... [... more]
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On-Line Fact Sheets: Saving and Printing
Right mouse click the link and select "Save Link As." Follow prompts to save the file to your location, taking care to recognize where you saved the PDF file. You may then open it within Acrobat Reader. Right mouse click the link and select & [... more]
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Cattle Lice
Cattle lice are among the most important arthropod (insect and mite) pests affecting dairy cattle in New York State and elsewhere in the United States. Lengthy, cool winters are particularly favorable to populations of lice, which thrive on ... [... more]
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