CONTENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• NEW MOSQUITO PUBLICATION

TOBACCO:

• CURRENT BLUE MOLD STATUS

CORN:

• SCOUT CORN TO IDENTIFY CORN BORER PROBLEM FIELDS

ALFALFA:

• ROTS OF FEEDER ROOTS MAY BE ONE FACTOR CAUSING STUNTING OF ALFALFA

• BLISTER BEETLES IN HAY

SOYBEAN:

• SOYBEAN SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME

• IT'S LATE, IT'S HOT, AND IT'S A BAD TIME FOR SOYBEAN INSECTS!!

WHEAT:

• WHEAT SEED QUALITY CONCERNS

SORGHUM:

• WATCH FOR SORGHUM WEBWORM ESPECIALLY IN LATE MATURING SORGHUM

LAWN AND TURF:

• RUSTS ON COOL-SEASON GRASSES

SHADE TREES AND ORNAMENTALS:

• HAWTHORN BLIGHT

• BACTERIAL LEAF SCORCH SYMPTOMS ARE APPEARING IN LANDSCAPE TREES

HOUSEHOLD:

• DANGER ZONE: ELIMINATING WASP AND HORNET NESTS

DIAGNOSTIC LAB HIGHLIGHTS:

IPM INSECT TRAP COUNT: