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Botrytis gray mold developing on strawberries. The fungus can be introduced into a field on infected transplants or can survive on dead plant material and in soil as sclerotia. Gray mold can affect leaves, stems, flowers, and crowns of strawberry # Fungi #Plantdisease #Strawberry

Grape berry moth traps in AR went out this week. Our goal is to use moth counts along with scouting of wild grapes to determine when moths are coming into fields to time insecticides. Check out our pest scouting page for updates uaex.uada.edu/hort-ipm #uaexHORT

Peaches that made it through the freeze in SW AR were found easily by plum curculio. We recommend an insecticide application around petal fall-shucksplit to avoid damage from first gen plum curculio. Emergence traps can be used to help time this app as pictured. #uaexHORT

Squash Vine Borer emergence is beginning in AR. We expect to see adults at 750-1000 GDD: Ft. Smith-739 Clarksville-558 Hope-842 Little Rock-875 Fayetteville-580 Jonesboro-539 See here for more information on control and management of SVB bit.ly/SquashVineBorer #uaexHORT

Our research and extension centers are busy planting! The Southwest Research & Extension Center in Hope is putting beds in the tunnel houses for Aaron Cato 's blackberry research this summer. UA System Div of Ag #Arkansas #Blackberries #Spring #Planting

Never a dull day at uarkhorticulture. We’re currently retrofitting a classic boom type sprayer with a 5-nozzle hoop for spraying strawberries. We’re building a how-to video for our YouTube channel, ARFruitveg, and a fact sheet so you can build your own. #uaexHORT

If you aren't already spraying for SWD in AR Blackberries you may consider! We are catching flies in fields in South AR now (see below pics). Checkout our new SWD monitoring Fact Sheet bit.ly/SWDTrap and our pest scouting page uaex.uada.edu/Hort-IPM for more info.

Pumpkins coming soon to a demo near you. #uaexHORT

Corn earworm moth trap numbers are up all over the state. Pictured here is our trap near Ft. Smith. Checkout our pest scouting map for more info @ uaex.uada.edu/hort-IPM. If you are growing tomatoes now is the time to scout and maybe apply insecticides! #uaexHORT

The ⁦ISHS⁩ #rubus # ribes symposium is officially in session!!! ⁦Margaret Worthington⁩ ⁦⁦Amanda McWhirt⁩ ⁦Aaron Cato⁩ and many more ⁦University of Arkansas⁩ ⁦UA System Div of Ag⁩ researchers and educators are here in ⁦Portland, Oregon⁩

Broad mite is beginning to infest and damage blackberry and you should be on the lookout! Broad mite often shows up in late July and we've already observed leaf necrosis and abortion as seen in pics below on 8/2. See our blog for more info 👉bit.ly/BMites #uaexHORT

Episode 17 of the Southern Fruitcast is out and features Dr. Jonathan Oliver from UGA. This episode is all about cane blight and other problematic diseases of blackberry. Listen in on the Apple or Android podcast apps or follow the link below👇 bit.ly/SoFCast #uaexHORT

ALERT!! #SpottedLaternfly Detected in Middle Tennessee. TDA has confirmed the detection of spotted lanternfly (SLF) in Davidson County. Tennessee is the 16th state to detect SLF since it was first discovered in Pennsylvania in 2014. FULL RELEASE: tn.gov/agriculture/ne…

Extension Horticulture IPM Specialist Aaron Cato Aaron Cato from the University of Arkansas discussing insect management of strawberries 🍓 this morning at the Alabama Strawberry Production meeting in Jemison, Alabama. #ACES

#Acephate is under registration review. This could completely end its use in all row crops. Well thought out comments really do impact EPA decisions. It is critical that we keep this product in cotton and soybean. Link to the comment site below.

Thanks to our friend Bill Landreth for helping to bring a new crop to the Jackson County Extension Center this year. We have wanted to help commercial horticulture farmers by adding new research to the area. First crop will be strawberries. Aaron Cato