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House Fly [fact sheet] The house fly, Musca domestica, is a familiar insect pest. It is of economic importance because it can transmit disease-causing organisms, such as…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education	Agriculture & Gardens
Seedcorn Maggot [fact sheet] The seedcorn maggot, Delia platura, was probably introduced from Europe in the mid-1800’s and is now widely distributed in the U.S. and Canada. This…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education	Agriculture & Gardens
Apple Maggot [fact sheet] The apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella) is one of the most important economic insect pests of apples in New Hampshire. This native insect is also…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Plant Disease & Diagnosis Services	Agriculture & Gardens
Earwigs [fact sheet] The European earwig (Forficula auricularia) is a common pest of homes and gardens in New England and can be quite destructive to house and garden… Location: Soil Testing, Insect ID & Plant Diagnostic Lab	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education	Agriculture & Gardens
Plum Curculio [fact sheet] The plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) is the most serious insect pest of apples and among the most destructive insect pests of peaches. It also…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education	Agriculture & Gardens
Identifying Common Sweet Corn Caterpillars [fact sheet] Corn earworm, Fall armyworm, and European corn borer caterpillars can all infest the ears of sweet corn. The most reliable way to identify them is to…	Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM)	vegetable crops	Fact Sheet
Identifying Moths in Traps for Sweet Corn Pests [fact sheet] We recommend control sprays and treatment intervals based on the number of pest moths collected in pheromone traps. Because large changes in pest…	Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Fruit & Vegetable Crops	vegetable crops	Fact Sheet
New Hampshire IPM Newsletter The New Hampshire IPM Newsletter has been published by Alan Eaton, UNH Extension Entomologist, who retired in December. (For NH IPM Newsletter posts…	Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM)	Agriculture & Gardens
Setting up Traps to Monitor Sweet Corn Insects in New Hampshire [fact sheet] Corn Earworm Traps When Begin monitoring for corn earworm in late June or early July. You want to have the trap up and running before any of…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM)	Agriculture & Gardens
Peach Tree Borers in New Hampshire [fact sheet] We have two species of borers that attack trunks or branches of peach trees in New Hampshire. The most destructive (and larger of the two) is the…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM)	Agriculture & Gardens
Managing Voles in New Hampshire Orchards and Highbush Blueberries [fact sheet] Two species of small rodents regularly damage orchard trees and blueberries in New Hampshire. Orchardists frequently call them mice, but they are…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Yard & Garden	Agriculture & Gardens
NH Vegetable & Fruit Growers' Discussion Listserv Listservs are a way to exchange information quickly with other growers. We have set up such a list to promote discussion about all issues and topics…	Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops	Berry Crops, vegetable crops
Research Report: Effects of Early Season Heating, Low Tunnels and Harvest Time Ginger Yields in NH, 2017 U.S. consumers are likely most familiar with the golden cured rhizomes of mature ginger (Zingiber officinale). Growers in the northeastern U.S. have…	Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops		Research Report
Spotted Wing Drosophila IPM Weekly Scouting Reports Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) is a vinegar gnat from China and Japan. It attacks ripening and ripe fruit of brambles (raspberry &…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM)	Agriculture & Gardens
Fruit Injury Types Recognized in Annual New Hampshire Apple Harvest Evaluations [fact sheet] Arthropod Injury Plum Curculio: I see two forms of PC injury at harvest time. 1) Typical PC injury is created when the fruit is very young. It…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Yard & Garden	Agriculture & Gardens
Bird Damage Prevention for Northern New England Fruit Growers [fact sheet] Introduction Birds can become especially serious pests in blueberries and strawberries, but they also cause injury in other small fruit and tree…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens	Agriculture & Gardens
Growing Fruit: Strawberries [fact sheet] Strawberries are an excellent crop for New Hampshire home gardeners. With proper care strawberry beds will produce good crops for three to five years…	Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden	Agriculture & Gardens
Plant Problem Identification Form To submit a plant sample for diagnosis, please send a completed Plant Problem Identification Form along with payment and the plant sample to the… Location: Soil Testing, Insect ID & Plant Diagnostic Lab	Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Plant Disease & Diagnosis Services, Yard & Garden	Agriculture & Gardens
Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) – a major pest of fruit crops Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) is a vinegar gnat from China and Japan. It attacks ripening and ripe fruit of brambles (raspberry & blackberry),…	Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops	Berry Crops
Monitoring Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) with Traps Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) attacks ripening and ripe raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, cranberries, late cherries, fall strawberries…	Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops	Berry Crops

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