Insect
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Posted in: Cotton, Disease, Economics, Events/Programs, Fertility, Insect, Peanuts, Pecans, Watermelon, Weed Science -
For Cattlemen and anyone concerned about ticks. UGA presented this webinar yesterday (Nov 10th) via Dr. Michael Yabsley, Wildlife Disease Professor in the Warnell School of Forestry, about the invasive Asian longhorned tick. Recording of the webinar about this tick that was first confirmed in GA about two months ago is below: Time Stamps: 1:46…
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Date: October 7th Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Location: Vidalia Onion Research Center (8163 Hwy 178 Lyons) Topics Include: Terra-Sorb-UGA Fertilizer Trial Insecticide Drench Trial Pecan Budmoth Efficacy and Timing Trial Drip vs. Microsprinkler Irrigation Set Up Soil Moisture Sensors Low-Input Varieties Herbicide Options for Young Trees Ambrosia Beetle Monitoring/Control If you plant to attend, please e-mail me at agsawyer@uga.edu.
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Burrower bug can be an economically important insect in peanuts in the southeastern US, though management timing can be tricky since there’s no established sampling techniques or economic thresholds. A paper recently published out of the lab of Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist, dives into the biology and management of this pest. Follow the…
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Dr. Mark Abney: “The US EPA announced [last week, Aug 18] that it will revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos. This will take effect 6 months after the final rule is published in the Federal Register. I do not know how long that will take, but I expect a matter of weeks. The link below will…
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Halfway through the month, have had some of questions on PGR timing and rates lately. Also a few calls about irrigation as we enter a time when much of our cotton is at peak water usage. Please check out newsletter below covering these topics as well as: insect scouting, weather update, and target spot info.…
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Been watching aphid populations build in cotton steadily for a month or so now. Reports are now coming in that the aphid fugus, Neozygites fresenii, has been spotted. Dr. Philip Roberts, UGA Cotton Entomologist, mentions that this should cause their numbers to crash in his latest “Pest Patrol Update” which can be listened to at…
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UGA Cotton Entomologist, Dr. Phillip Roberts briefly discusses the importance of scouting cotton for boll retention, the level of tarnished plant bugs currently observed in earlier planted fields, and sweep net thresholds in the latest “Pest Patrol” Update (4:07 minute runtime). We want to maintain boll retention at 80% or higher. Thresholds at: 1st two…
