Year: 2020

The leaves are falling, manage wisely for ticks

  • Author By Joellen Lampman
  • Publication date October 12, 2020
  • (Updated On November 9, 2022)

The time of the falling leaves has come again. Once more in our morning walk we tread upon carpets of gold and crimson, of brown and bronze, woven by the winds or the rains out of these delicate textures while we slept. – John Burroughs, The Falling Leaves, Under the Maples Ah, autumn. Leaf peeping…Continue Reading The leaves are falling, manage wisely for ticks

Cover Crop’s Double Success for Soybeans

  • Author By Debra E. Marvin
  • Publication date September 22, 2020
  • (Updated On December 21, 2022)

Mature fields of grain crops moving in the wind is a lovely sight. Having admired the beauty of ‘cereal rye’ in a field, I asked NYSIPM Integrated Weed Management Specialist Dr. Bryan Brown if rye has been part of successful weed suppression efforts. The answer is yes, but even better, there’s anti-fungal benefits too….Continue Reading Cover Crop’s Double Success for Soybeans

Ticks and Their Pathogens in New York State– New Findings Released

  • Author By Debra E. Marvin
  • Publication date September 11, 2020
  • (Updated On October 12, 2020)

A scientific paper, Active surveillance of pathogens from ticks collected in New York State suburban parks and schoolyards (2017-2018), was published in July of 2020. Four NYSIPM Staff– Dr. Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Joellen Lampman, Dr. Elizabeth Lamb, and Dr. Matt Frye are among the authors. The increasing number of cases of tick-borne disease prompted this work,…Continue Reading Ticks and Their Pathogens in New York State– New Findings Released

AIR QUALITY: Pest Management, when pests are too small to see

  • Author By Debra E. Marvin
  • Publication date August 21, 2020
  • (Updated On November 24, 2022)

A recent EPA nationwide webinar, What Schools Need to Know: Practices and Principles for Healthy IAQ and Reducing the Spread of Viruses, focused on indoor air quality in school settings. Air quality was important before the current pandemic but is now central to the back-to-school issue.  For today’s post we’d like to share some EPA…Continue Reading AIR QUALITY: Pest Management, when pests are too small to see

SPOTTED LANTERNFLY HAS OFFICIALLY ARRIVED IN NYS: Here’s what you should know..

  • Author By Debra E. Marvin
  • Publication date August 14, 2020
  • (Updated On October 12, 2020)

The NYSIPM program, along with the Department of Agriculture and Markets, and the Department of Environmental Conservation have been monitoring for Spotted Lanternfly since its first occurrence in PA in 2014. In preparation, we developed educational resources for New Yorkers. Partnering with affected states, we’ve maintained a map tracking its spread and quarantines across the…Continue Reading SPOTTED LANTERNFLY HAS OFFICIALLY ARRIVED IN NYS: Here’s what you should know..