From the Hudson to the Champlain Valley, its hard to find a single orchard of slender spindle high density apple on M-9 rootstock free of dogwood borer (DWB), Synanthedon scitula. It’s rare to find Dogwood borer on healthy bark or … Continue reading
European corn borer: We observed our first trap captures of the adult European corn borer on the 2nd of May in New Paltz, NY. Populations will likely continue to climb with scouting to begin in newly planted trees beginning by … Continue reading
We are predicting San Jose scale (SJS) crawler emergence on or about the 16th of June. If you had SJS on your fruit last season AND did not make applications against this insect during the pre-bloom period, the window for … Continue reading
If your scouting in pears this week you will likely be finding large numbers of adults, new white eggs, older 5th instar and newly hatching 1st instar nymphs. This period of the season is when 1st and 2nd generation of … Continue reading
Plum Curculio Migration and Fruit Injury; Codling Moth Management: Mid-Hudson Valley Update May 27th, 2014 Scouting: In untreated trees at the Hudson Valley Lab in Highland, NY, we are seeing increasing signs of lepidopteran larva feeding on foliage and fruit … Continue reading
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