A publication of the Southern IPM Center
by Ames Herbert, Virginia IPM Coordinator
The kudzu bug situation has very quickly become a real problem for Virginia soybean producers.
We are getting reports of infestations in the South Boston area and one from near Yale in Sussex County. I am quite sure that there are more infested fields. The image sent to me from the Yale field showed at least a dozen KB adults on a single plant.
By Roy Roberson
Grafting plants can solve bacterial wilt problems in a field of tomatoes and can significantly reduce damage from rootknot nematodes, but that doesn’t mean that profit will follow, says Virginia Tech Horticulturist Josh Freeman.
“I’m not an evangelist for grafting, but I can make a field of tomatoes whole by switching from non-grafted transplants to grafted plants.
This presentation will help consultants, growers, and other practitioners in the Southern and Western Regions of the US, as well as Mexico and the Caribbean identify and manage Tomato infectious chlorosis virus (TICV) and Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) in tomato. Information will directly benefit crop consultants, growers, and other practitioners responsible for fresh market tomato production under both field and greenhouse conditions. The presentation addresses virus symptoms, distribution, transmission by whitefly vectors, approaches for virus identification and differentiating viruses from one another, as well as specific issues affecting management. By the end of the presentation the practitioner should know more about how to identify potentially infected plants, alternative host plants that may support infection and become sources for transmission, and whitefly vectors responsible for transmission. This information should allow the practitioner to improve management and limit infection.
Presentation by:
William M. Wintermantel
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS
Phone: 831-755-2824
Email:Bill.Wintermantel@ars.usda.gov
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This presentation will help growers and crop advisors better manage corn borer pests in corn. Although focusing on southwestern corn borer in the southern United States, many comments will be relevant to European corn borer. The information discussed will include a description of biology, feeding symptoms, damage, the monitoring of pest populations and ways to prevent crop losses, including the appropriate use of insecticides and Bt technologies.
Presentation given by:
Scott Stewart, Ph.D.
Professor and IPM Specialist
West Tennessee Research and
Education Center
The University of Tennessee
Phone: 731-425-4709
Email: sdstewart@utk.edu
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Source: Michigan State University Press Release. msue.anr.msu.edu
Herbicides are a necessary tool that many farms utilize for pest control. The challenge that farms face in using these chemicals is the effect they may have on the environment. Michigan State University Extension recommends that farms consider the following steps when choosing and applying herbicides:
In Southeast Farm Press
By Clint Thompson, University of Georgia
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus has been a chronic threat to tomato production in south Georgia for more than a decade. The problem is only getting worse.
A University of Georgia researcher says eradicating the disease may not be possible. However, work continues to be done to help farmers select resistant varieties and manage their risks.
From Southeast Farm Press
By Ames Herbert, Virginia Extension Entomologist
Virginia soybean growers are almost certainly going to have some problems with kudzu bug (KB) in soybean fields this summer.
Why? We have been getting very early reports of adults from several southeastern counties for the past several weeks (including Suffolk, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Dinwiddie, Greensville and Prince George). Likely they are much more widespread.
The eXtension Pest Management in and Around Structures, Wildlife Damage Management Working Group, will host a webinar “Dealing with Deer: How to protect your garden, plants, and property from deer on June 21, 2013 11:00am central.
Dr. Hygnstrom is a nationally recognized expert on deer damage management. He will separate the fact from fiction about dealing with deer.
Additional details can be found at https://learn.extension.org/events/1078
Fruit growers are often attracted to blueberry production because the plants have few disease problems. However one disease, Phytophthora root rot, can completely decimate blueberry plants. This spring, agents and specialists with the UK Cooperative Extension Service have seen widespread cases of the disease across the state.
From Delta Farm Press
Akiochi disease of rice, also known as ‘hydrogen sulfide toxicity’, causes black crown and root rot in rice. In 2012, under hot and dry conditions, the disease was seen in several rice fields across the state of Arkansas. In the assessment of former Extension rice pathologist Dr. Rick Cartwright, incidence of this disease in 2012 was the most severe since 2004.
