On Friday March 29, 2024, Allium leafminer (ALM) activity was detected in a patch of cultivated chives growing in an Ulster County garden. This is the earliest we have detected ALM in the Hudson Valley. Two weeks earlier ALM damage and adults were seen in high tunnels and overwintered onions in low tunnels, also in Read More…
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Allium Leaf Miner Alert for the Hudson Valley: Spring 2023
Teresa Rusinek, Extension Specialist Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension Adult ALM fly with distinctive yellow head alongside diagnostic line of pale green oviposition scars near tip of scallion leaf. Photo: E. Grundberg On Wednesday April 5, 2023, Allium leaf miner (ALM) activity was detected in a patch of cultivated chives growing Read More…
Allium Leaf Miner Spotted in Eastern NY!
On Monday Sept.12 2022, Allium leaf miner (ALM) activity was detected in chives growing in Ulster County. Based on the very low level of activity detected so far in our area, and no activity detected at other sites known to have significant ALM populations, we believe that this is the very beginning of the flight that Read More…