CONTENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• PESTICIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

TOBACCO:

• CURRENT BLUE MOLD STATUS

• WET SOILS IMPACTING VEGETABLE AND TOBACCO CROPS

• POAST HERBICIDE LABEL RENEWED FOR USE ON TOBACCO FIELDS

ALFALFA:

• HOPPERBURN POTENTIAL HIGH

SOYBEAN:

• SAMPLING FOR SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE IN DOUBLECROP SOYBEAN

• GEARING UP TO DETECT SOYBEAN RUST SHOULD IT ARRIVE

WHEAT:

• PROTECTING STORED WHEAT FROM INSECT DAMAGE

• UK-IPM CHECKLIST FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS IN STORED WHEAT (June 2003)

VEGETABLES:

• WET SOILS IMPACTING VEGETABLE AND TOBACCO CROPS

LAWN AND TURF:

• SURPRISINGLY SEVERE, EARLY CASE OF RUST ON KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS

SHADE TREES AND ORNAMENTALS:

• WET SPRING WEATHER HAS FAVORED MANY DISEASES OF ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS

• JAPANESE BEETLES ARE FLYING

• BAGWORMS VULNERABLE

HOUSEHOLD:

• MOSQUITO CONTROL ALTERNATIVES FOR HOMEOWNERS

DIAGNOSTIC LAB HIGHLIGHTS:

IPM INSECT TRAP COUNT: