Author Archives: Sean Malone

Black light trap captures for the week ending 29 July 2010

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Black light trap captures of corn earworm moths greatly increased for nearly all of our reporting stations. The lowest nightly average was recorded in Petersburg (4) and our highest included Richmond County (69) and Prince George County (76). Please refer to the attached Table for more nightly averages. Additional information: blacklight-table-10-pdf

Corn earworm captures for the week ending 22 July 2010

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As Dr. Herbert mentioned in his advisory, corn earworm moth captures in our network of black light traps are beginning to increase. Reports north of the James River ranged from 0 (Essex Co.) to 7 (Richmond Co./Warsaw) moths per night. In southeast Virginia, reports ranged from <2 (Petersburg) to 10 per night (Southampton Co./Courtland). Please see the attached table (pdf) for more information. Additional information: blacklight-table-10-pdf

June 3 tour reminder

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We will be hosting the annual “Early Summer Row Crops and Vegetables Tour: Insects, Diseases, and Agronomics” at the Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Suffolk, VA on Thursday, June 3, 2010. The tour will begin at 9:00 am at the Research Farm (1045 Hare Road) and lunch will be provided, courtesy of Berry Lewis with Bayer CropScience. Pesticide recertification credits will be available for Commercial Applicator Categories 1-A, 1-C, 10, and Registered Technician. Please see the attached brochure for more details. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event. Additional information: brochure-pdf

Early Summer Row Crops and Vegetables Tour–Tidewater AREC, Suffolk, VA

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We will be hosting the annual “Early Summer Row Crops and Vegetables Tour: Insects, Diseases, and Agronomics” at the Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Suffolk, VA on Thursday, June 3, 2010. The tour will begin at 9:00 am at the Hare Road research farm and lunch will be provided, courtesy of Berry Lewis with Bayer CropScience. Please see the attached brochure for more details. If you are interested in an equipment, company or agency display, please contact us. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event. Additional information: jun3-brochure-pdf