{"id":409,"date":"2014-06-18T19:14:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T23:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/?p=409"},"modified":"2014-06-18T19:14:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T23:14:50","slug":"mites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/2014\/06\/mites\/","title":{"rendered":"Mites!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vegetable producers, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Below are a few words from Stormy Sparks, UGA Vegetable Entomologist, on the current insect situation in vegetables. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Southern armyworm have been reported in multiple tomato fields. This is not unusual. What is unusual is that they have been hard to kill. They have been reported to have come through a variety of products, including pyrethroids, which should have killed them easily. These infestations have been cleaned up with Lannate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We are seeing spider mites in multiple crops, with injury in a variety of cucurbits, mostly watermelon. Spider mites love hot, dry weather, so it is about time for them. They tend to start out at field edges or by drive rows. Anywhere dust settles on the crop is a likely spot for the earliest infestations. <\/span><\/p>\n

In watermelons, infestations tend to start in the crown and spread from there (see attached pictures). You will see a fairly typical speckling of the leaf that most people associate with spider mites early in the infestation (see attached picture). This is often misinterpreted as a disease. Check for the mites on the bottom of the leaves to verify their presence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In cantaloupe, the mites tend to be fairly evenly distributed across the foliage rather than starting in the crown. They also produce a yellow spotting (rather than speckling) (see attached picture).<\/span><\/p>\n

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For all mite infestations, verify by looking for the mites. They are usually on the bottoms of leaves.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For mite control there are multiple options in watermelon and cantaloupe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Agri-mek (and generics) has the advantage of strong translaminar movement so that product on the top of the leaf moves through \u00a0the leaf and controls mites on the bottom of the leaf. A penetrating surfactant helps with this movement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the other acaracides are contact products. They are excellent acaricides, but you have to pay attention to how they are applied if you want good results.<\/span><\/p>\n

For \u201crescue\u201d type treatments your options include Agri-mek, Acramite, Portal, and Kanemite.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you catch infestations early, other options include Zeal and Oberon. Zeal is a growth regulator, so it has no impact on adult mites (excellent activity on immatures). Oberon is also very good, but rather slow in its activity. If you check behind Oberon at 4 days, you may not be happy. Give it 5 to 7 days and it looks very good. Oberon also indicates it may take two applications. If you use the low rate, that likely increases the need for a second application. If you use the high rate (8.5 oz) and don\u2019t get in a hurry, one application is usually sufficient.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you have any questions about this contact me or Amber Arrington at the Colquitt County Extension Office. \u00a0Amber is a new county Extension agent in the Colquitt County office.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jeremy M. Kichler<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

County Extension Coordinator<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Colquitt County<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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(O) 229-616-7033<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(C) 229-873-2078<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension does not endorse or guarantee the performance of any products mentioned in this information.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Vegetable producers, \u00a0 Below are a few words from Stormy Sparks, UGA Vegetable Entomologist, on the current insect situation in vegetables. \u00a0 Southern armyworm have been reported in multiple tomato fields. This is not unusual. What is unusual is that they have been hard to kill. They have been reported to have come through a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}