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Not to be overly dramatic, but we have experienced pepper weevil captures on sticky traps at unprecedented numbers for this time of year. We have been running traps to monitor overwintering weevil numbers since 2018. The typical cycle (see 2022-23 data example below) is very high numbers (sometimes with individual traps with thousands per trap)…
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The cotton jassid (a.k.a. twospotted cotton leafhopper), Amrasca biguttula, an invasive pest now widely distributed in Georgia, has a wide host range including a variety of vegetables. While this pest has shown obvious injury in cotton and okra the last few months, damage in other vegetables has been less obvious. Both cotton and okra respond…
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Pepper growers in Georgia have reported multiple outbreaks of Choanephora rot in summer (2025), despite the use of standard fungicide programs. Most of the labeled fungicides in pepper are ineffective in reducing the infection under field conditions. Information is limited in terms of the effectiveness of fungicides on Choanephora spp.. Based on our experience in…
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The cotton jassid, Amrasca biguttula, (a.k.a. two spotted cotton leafhopper) has been found in multiple locations in southern Georgia and in South Carolina. This small green leafhopper has a wide host range including cotton and a variety of vegetables. The only damaging populations reported to date have been on okra, with 100+ per leaf. They…
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Diamondback moth pest pressure has been relatively light for over a year now. Yes, we have had some short term or isolated damaging populations, but overall not as bad as “normal”. With a reduction in pest pressure and the concurrent reduction in exposure to insecticides the big question is what will resistance look like when…
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I have seen (and received the pictures below) thrips damage in beans in the last week or two. Thrips populations are high in some fields and can make a bean crop look bad. However, history with this problem indicates it is only a real problem when the crop is setting in cool temperatures and simply…
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While diamondback moth has not been particularly bad this year, where populations have popped up, they have been difficult to control. I have been indirectly involved with a problem in North Carolina that has persisted for multiple weeks and has been treated extensively with insecticides that should have provided at least some control. This past…
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Based on the screens that were conducted in multiple years in Tifton there are handful for commercially acceptable snap bean varieties with at least moderate resistance to cucurbit leaf crumple virus. There were no varieties with high resistance. Of those with moderate resistance there were several from Harris Moran, Syngenta, Seminis and one from Pop…
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The corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, attacks a wide variety of vegetable crops, but can be devastating in sweet corn production. While the larvae cause relatively minimal damage to an individual ear, often consuming only a few kernels at the tip, this damage (along with frass and larvae) makes the ear unmarketable in most markets, and…
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Due to unusual dry weather in June and early July several reports of Rhizoctonia in watermelon were observed. Although chemical control measures were ineffective at this stage of crop development, grading out infected fruits becomes paramount important.