Corn Earworms Are Early in Soybeans, Populations Are High, and Moths Are Flying
For many years, corn earworm has been the top pest in North Carolina soybeans in terms of cost of …
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Tarnished Plant Bug Management in 2024
With cotton squaring, growers should have someone scouting their fields weekly for tarnished plant bugs. With the dry conditions, …
Pest Alert- Scout for Foliage Feeding From Asiatic Garden Beetle
Asiatic garden beetle is an invasive insect that is an occasional pest of seedling cotton in North Carolina. In …
Should You Treat ThryvOn Cotton With Insecticide?
The short answer for thrips is no, and for plant bugs, yes, if it hits threshold. We covered this …
How to Nail 2024 Thrips Management (Reisig, Huseth)
With planters rolling soon, we urge growers to think about thrips management now. The best source of information for …
Wheat Variety Resistance Ratings for Hessian Fly
by D. Reisig, A. Post, and Ryan Heiniger Hessian fly is a serious pest of North Carolina wheat. A description …
New Resource Available- Stink Bug Scouting Guide for Field Corn in the Southeastern US
Thanks to the generous support of the Corn Growers Association of North Carolina, and the USDA CCPM program, we have …
Non-Bt Hybrid Performance in the 2023 OVT
I’ve written previously about why North Carolina corn growers should feel comfortable planting non-Bt refuge corn, but the performance of non-Bt …
Reasons Why You Should Plant Non-Bt Corn
Bt corn has been genetically modified to make insecticidal proteins that protect plants from caterpillars and some root-feeding beetles. …
Bollworm Flight Has Started- Scouting Tips
Bollworm moth catches have been ticking up across the state this week, especially in southern counties of the state. …
Corn Earworm Flight Has Started- Scouting Tips
Corn earworm moth catches have been ticking up across the state this week, especially in southern counties of the …
Early and Mid-Season Insecticide Recommendations for Tarnished Plant Bug
We recently published a holistic article to plan for tarnished plant bug in 2023. Since then, we have received …