Alabama IPM Communicator
May 15, 2020
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Home gardeners can now use their passion for gardening to make a difference in their communities through the Alabama Extension Grow More, Give More project. Read more.
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January - November 2020
Every month a new live webinar on topics from pest management to hemp updates. Read more.
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Q & A Fridays
April - June, 2020
The Commercial Horticulture Extension Team is launching a weekly Facebook Live event called ‘Q&A FRIDAY!’ that can be accessed through our team social media page. This event will be done every Friday 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM; the Farming Basics Mobile App also connects to the Facebook page via the ‘News’ tab. Read More
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April - June, 2020
The Back-2-Basics Gardening Webinar Series provides adult online training on basic gardening and landscaping, particularly for people living in urban areas where there is limited space. Back-2-Basics will run on Zoom each Wednesday starting April 1 through Wednesday, May 6 from 10:00-10:30 a.m. Read more.
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April 2- May 28, 2020
The Alabama Cooperative Extension proposes that members of beekeeping clubs attend ’remote’ meetings from the comfort of their own home using a computer or mobile device. Read More
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April - May , 2020
This is weekly online farm tour to be streamed live on Facebook page, Alabama Farmer Connection. Thursdays. Read more.
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April- June, 2020
Preventing and Managing Herbicide Damage in Trees
It's spring and we are all eager to get our landscapes back in shape. Herbicides are useful tools for controlling unwanted weeds. However, if misapplied they can damage and kill trees in a matter of days. This seminar will review common mistakes, identifying herbicide damage and mitigations options. Read More
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Thrips are one of the earliest insect pests of peanuts. These small flying insects have bristly wings and can fly or ride the air currents over long distances. There are several species of thrips found on peanuts, most commonly being tobacco thrips and western flower thrips. Read More
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Fire blight is a bacterial disease that affects apples, pears, and other fruit and ornamental plants. The term fire blight describes the blackened, burned appearance of damaged flowers, twigs, and foliage. Badly diseased trees and shrubs are usually disfigured and may even be killed by fire blight. These symptoms appear in early spring. Read More
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Blueberries are a high value fruit crop and are becoming increasingly popular worldwide. In the last decade, Alabama’s blueberry farm gate value has increased by approximately 13 percent. Research currently being conducted could determine that Alabama blueberry growers have several more varieties to choose from. Read More
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Quince rust is a fungal disease that attacks fruit of mayhaw, apple, quince, and pear. Infected mayhaw fruit will have a spiny appearance with a coating of orange, powdery fungal spores. Mayhaw are susceptible to infection during the bloom through petal-fall period. Read More
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Be on the Lookout for Tar Spot in Corn this Year
Tar spot is the latest new disease to appear in the United States. The disease has not yet been observed in Alabama, but we will be closely monitoring for the pathogen in 2020. Tar spot appears as small, raised, black spots scattered across the upper and lower leaf surfaces of corn. When scouting for the disease, look for tar spot lesions on the ear leaf and above. Tar spot can be confused with common and southern rust pustules later in the season, however rust spores be scraped away from the pustules while tar spot lesions cannot be scraped off the leaf tissue. Stay up-to-date with tar spot reporting in the U.S. Read More
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Announcing an exciting interactive event called 'Q&A Friday' where you can ask your question to the Extension horticulture team starting this Friday on April 3 (11:30 AM). Specialists and REA's will answer questions from food/market safety to bug questions for commercial or backyard vegetables. Everyone's invited to interact and ask questions! Read More
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Farming is going digital. A series of educational videos that explore many topic areas related to farming is now available on YouTube. Read More
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The Alabama Extension commercial horticulture team has several educational activities and resources that anyone can use from the comfort of their home. Below are all of the activities along with videos recently recorded. Read More
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Monthly webinar presentations are available live at 9 A.M. Topics include greenhouse production, insect pest alerts and management, disease diagnosis and more. The calendar for these webinars is shown below. Read More
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Thank you to all our funding agencies! USDA-BFRD Program, USDA- SARE Program, AL. Dept. of Ag- Specialty Crops Block Grant, USDA-OREI Program, USDA-CPPM
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