Two New Sources of Information about BMSB

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is expected to inflict serious crop damage again this year. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug has a very wide host range including many horticultural crops and ornamentals. Two new sources providing timely information about this pest can be found on the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug page, Rutgers NJAES Snyder Research & Extension Farm Website.

• IPM Update: BMSB Activity for the Week. Kris Holmstrom, Vegetable IPM Program,  reports capture data throughout the season in the Plant & Pest Advisory.
• Penn State Extension has gathered information about the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in a special issue of the Fruit Times.

-Rabin

Vegetable Disease of the Week

White mold on lettuce. Notice the black (sclerotia) fungal bodies developing in the white fungal mass at the base of the plant. Sclerotia can survive in the soil for many years.          -Andy Wyenandt