Apurba Barman
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Warm weather has affected the agricultural community across the board, whether producers are growing row crops or pecans. Fortunately, there has been some relief where recent rainfall predictions have materialized, providing much-needed moisture. Earlier this month, some pecan growers applied imidacloprid to manage phylloxera galls. By now, the results of those applications should be visible,
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The warm temperatures over the last couple of weeks have certainly had an impact on insects, particularly reducing the time it takes for them to transition from one life stage to another. Our focus at this time of the year is pecan nut casebearer (PNC), which overwinters as larvae and becomes adult moths with the
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Following pollination, as we advance into the growing season, those tiny nutlets on terminal branches of pecan trees are potentially exposed to feeding by pecan nut casebearer (PNC) caterpillars. The adult moths of this species emerge out of their overwintering stage in the spring and are often active in pecan orchards from mid-April onwards. No
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As we get into the budbreak in pecan trees, one insect we should keep in mind is phylloxera. These are small, aphid-like insects that are responsible for causing galls on the leaves and stems of pecan trees during the early part of the growing season. Usually, three species of phylloxera can attack pecan trees: pecan
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As we are getting into the early nut development stage, the primary pest of concern for us is the pecan nut casebearer (PNC). Whether we consider PNC to be a serious pest or not, all depends on the crop load in that given year. In a year with heavy crop on the trees, a light
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