{"id":61,"date":"2022-06-20T16:32:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/?p=61"},"modified":"2022-06-20T16:32:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T20:32:18","slug":"scouting-report-6-20-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/2022\/06\/20\/scouting-report-6-20-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Scouting Report 6\/20\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Hi all,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">This week we are primarily seeing the transition of pest populations as they move into new life stages or begin to build toward<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The most important of the new findings are reltated to potatoes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/leafhopper-potato#:~:text=Potato%20leafhopper%20is%20primarily%20a,Legumes%20are%20a%20favored%20host.\">Potato Leafhoppers<\/a> have been officially identified within Vermont. The two incidents are related to beans, though PLH does have an extensive host range including soybeans, potatoes, alfalfa, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/colorado-potato-beetle\">Colorado potato beetles<\/a> eggs have been hatching in all of the potato plantings that we\u2019ve been monitoring. Most populations are in the early stages (1<sup>st<\/sup> and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> instars) of their larval development. With the warm and dry temperatures that we\u2019ve been seeing, the impact of those little red larvae can be significant and will only increase in severity as the season progresses. Generally, the early larval stage is most susceptible to chemical controls.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Some other important notes:<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/diamondback-moth\">Diamondback Moths<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/imported-cabbageworm#:~:text=The%20caterpillar%2C%20called%20imported%20cabbageworm,or%20broccoli%20as%20they%20grow.\">Imported Cabbage<\/a> worms are being seen in various brassica crops. Larval numbers are minimal from our scouting but that may not be the case everywhere. Check on the underside of leaves and rib-lines of brassica leaves for the green camouflaged larvae. The adults of ICW are also known as \u201cCabbage Whites\u201d, as they are day-flying white butterflies. Diamondback moths are small moths, one of the smallest moth pests of brassicas, that flutter up from the canopy when disturbed. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/cucumber-beetle-striped\">Striped cucumber beetles<\/a> are in full force in most squash and cucumber plantings. We are seeing lots of mating pairs and feeding damage, especially in winter squash of the maxima species (e.g. Blue Hubbard). \u00a0Though feeding damage can be worrisome for smaller plants and seedlings, SCB are also a vector of bacterial wilt which can be quite a challenge. <em>Cucurbita maxima<\/em> is known to be the preferred species of winter squash for cucumber beetles (and squash bugs) and is often utilized as a trap crop for other less preferred species (<em>C. pepo and C. moschata<\/em>). <em>C. maxima<\/em> has been well researched as a potential trap crop. Information the specifics of the trap-crop systems may be found <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/sites\/ag.umass.edu\/files\/pdf%2Cdoc%2Cppt\/cucurbit_ptc_overview_2007.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Thanks to all of the growers that have reached out with there own questions and pest scouting information. All information and questions help us to better serve the needs of the VVBGA community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100.804%;height: 657px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 32px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 32px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Pest<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.2426%;height: 32px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Crop<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.228%;height: 32px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Observations<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/colorado-potato-beetle\">Colorado Potato Beetle<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.2426%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Potatoes<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.228%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Most populations in the region are now in the early stages of larval development. This is both the most damaging stage for the crop, as the larvae can feed extensively and the most susceptible stage for the beetle to chemical controls. <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/flea-beetle-brassica\">Flea Beetle<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.2426%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">Most all brassica crops<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.228%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">We continue to see large populations of flea beetle. We are especially seeing sustained populations in cooler regions of the state in the Connecticut River Valley.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 62px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 62px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/imported-cabbageworm\">Imported cabbage worms <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/diamondback-moth\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Diamondback moth<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.2426%;height: 62px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Brassica crops (Kale, Broccoli, Cabbage, etc.)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.228%;height: 62px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">Cabbage whites are flying and laying eggs. We are now seeing larvae. Diamondback moth are also being found in brassicas in both adult and larval stages.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nysipm.cornell.edu\/agriculture\/vegetables\/leek-moth-information-center\/\">Leek moth<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.2426%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">Garlic\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.228%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">Larvae are being found in modest numbers feeding on scapes in hard neck garlic and many of those larvae are currently transitioning to pupae. We expect that the next flight will be very soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 125px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 125px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/leafhopper-potato\">Potato Leafhoppers<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.2426%;height: 125px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Alfalfa<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.228%;height: 125px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">We have official reports of PLH in beans within Vermont. They will likely persist and cause harm in other crops as the season progresses.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/cucumber-beetle-management\">Striped Cucumber Beetle<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.2426%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Squash\/Cucumber<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.228%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Beetles are being seen and reported in numerous cucurbit crops. Numbers are becoming substantial and damage is significant, especially in cucumbers and C. maxima varieties of winter squash.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 62px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 62px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/leafminer-beet-spinach\">Spinach\/Beet leaf miner<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.2426%;height: 62px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">Spinach, Swiss Chard, Beets<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.228%;height: 62px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">We continue to see leaf mining, but eggs are few and far between. It looks like the most recent generation is mostly in the larval mining stage or pupating in the soil.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/vegetable\/fact-sheets\/tarnished-plant-bug\">Tarnished plant bug<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.2426%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Strawberries<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.228%;height: 94px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">We are seeing a high incidence of tarnished plant bugs\u00a0 in the region, especially in strawberries. Cat-facing and other types of strawberry deformation from the &#8220;sting&#8221; of the bug has been seen.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all, This week we are primarily seeing the transition of pest populations as they move into new life stages or begin to build toward The most important of the new findings are reltated to potatoes: Potato Leafhoppers have been officially identified within Vermont. The two incidents are related to beans, though PLH does have &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/2022\/06\/20\/scouting-report-6-20-22\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scouting Report 6\/20\/22&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3753,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"vizzo","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/author\/vizzo\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vepart-scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}