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Pest Management
Wheat Scab Update-April 23, 2018
For wheat flowering now, scab risk is low across North Carolina due to recent dry weather. Rain predicted for April 23-28 will …
New Stink Bug Thresholds in Corn
A recent NC State University graduate student, Arun Babu, has worked to generate new thresholds for stink bugs in …
Time to Check for Corn Seedling Insect Pests (Billbugs, Stink Bugs, White Grubs, Wireworms)
Almost no one scouts their corn until it is too late. While insecticide seed treatments work some of the …
Oak Felt Scales
Oak eriococcin scales, Eriococcus quercus, are one of the earliest scale insects to produce eggs, and thus crawlers, in …
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