Posted on May 29, 2018 by southernipmcenter
By Becky Griffin, University of Georgia
Whether you work on a large family farm, in a home vegetable garden, or in a small, community garden vegetable plot, routinely scouting for insects should be an important part of your vegetable-growing plan.
Insect pests can be a costly problem in vegetables. The life cycles of some insect pests are so short that missing just one week of scouting can lead to an increase in pests and damaged crops. Continue reading →
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Posted on August 5, 2016 by southernipmcenter
by Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife
Sugarcane aphid populations are exploding in grain sorghum fields across the Texas High Plains, warns a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist in Amarillo.
Dr. Ed Bynum, AgriLife Extension entomologist, said the sugarcane aphid populations in the South Plains have reached economic thresholds. Infestations in the field can be just a few aphids per plant to a thousand or more aphids per plant. Continue reading →
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Posted on July 15, 2016 by southernipmcenter
In Southeast Farm Press
by Andrew Sawyer, University of Georgia Extension – Thomas County
July is when the most serious insect problems in peanuts show up. We need to watch for threecornered alfalfa hoppers, foliage feeding caterpillars, lesser cornstalk borers, two spotted spider mites, and potato leaf hoppers and anything else that may hang out in a peanut field. Continue reading →
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Posted on May 17, 2016 by southernipmcenter
By: Paul Schattenberg, Texas A&M AgriLife
Now is the time for pecan growers to look for and possibly spray to kill an insect pest that poses a threat to their crop, said Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.
“One of the most destructive infesting insects of nut-bearing trees is the pecan nut casebearer,” said Dr. Larry Stein, an AgriLife Extension horticulturist based in Uvalde. “Casebearer larvae tunnel into nutlets and frequently destroy all the nutlets in a cluster.” Continue reading →
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Posted on May 6, 2016 by southernipmcenter
in Delta Farm Press
by Gus Lorenz, Arkansas Extension Entomologist
There have been sporadic reports of true armyworm feeding in Arkansas wheat this past week. The question is: “Are they really causing any damage?”
The armyworm population is very early this year and we continue to receive reports of armyworms in wheat that is flowering to early grain fill. Continue reading →
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Posted on September 19, 2014 by southernipmcenter
In Southeast Farm Press
by Dominic Reisig, NC State University
Right now we are witnessing typical end-of-season insect patterns. Multigenerational bean leaf beetle populations densities are at their highest now and soybeans with developing seed are stink bug magnets.
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Posted on September 9, 2014 by southernipmcenter
In Southeast Farm Press
By Ash Sial, University of Georgia
Over the past few weeks, we have received several reports of flatheaded borer infestation in blueberry orchards. The flatheaded borers are a complex of over 600 species of beetles in the United States. The adult flatheaded borers are metallic wood-boring beetles, which are perhaps the most serious pests attacking a wide range of bush and tree species.
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Posted on September 9, 2014 by southernipmcenter
In Southeast Farm Press
By Dominic Reisig, NC State University Extension Entomologist
Looper numbers have really picked up in soybeans. Loopers are migratory pests that sometimes show up late season and eat leaves, but not pods or seeds.
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Posted on July 16, 2014 by southernipmcenter
In Southeast Farm Press
There are reports of worms in early season soybeans in North Carolina, but at this point density levels aren’t a concern, according to North Carolina Extension entomologist Dominic Reisig.
After sampling numerous fields, Reisig says there are spots where corn earworm and tobacco budworm are present. In a blog posting, Reisig explained that identification is the first step if worms are present in your soybeans.
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Posted on May 16, 2013 by southernipmcenter
From Delta Farm Press
Yes, those are stink bugs in your wheat field. No, you probably shouldn’t start spraying just yet.
That’s the assessment of Gus Lorenz, Extension entomologist for the University of Arkansas.
After weeks of significant rain and mud, “I guess it got dry enough to walk some fields today,” Lorenz said. “My phone was ringing off the wall with calls, mostly about stink bugs in wheat.”
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