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Collapse ▲Registration is now open for the 2023 Organic Commodities Field Day. This in-person event will cover new research on …
Yesterday we were in Goldsboro, with the team at Cherry Research Station planting an organic sunflower variety trial. This …
Are you considering becoming USDA certified organic? Not sure where to start? We’ve updated out page on becoming USDA certified organic, …
A new insecticide, Steward, has recently been registered in tobacco. Steward, with the active ingredient indoxacarb, is labeled for …
Persistent wet weather conditions continue to cause issues for tobacco diseases across the state. In particular, target spot, caused …
Recent weather conditions have favored several diseases in tobacco. Most pathogens that we manage in tobacco are most severe …
This is the ninth weekly TSWV and tobacco thrips risk assessment update. Third generation flights have now occurred at all …
This is the sixth of our weekly TSWV and tobacco thrips risk assessment updates. Third generation flights have now …
This is the third of our weekly TSWV and tobacco thrips risk assessment updates. Cool weather has continued to …
April 9, 2020- As upside down as the world seems right now, the 2020 tobacco season continues to march forward. …
Managing tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in North Carolina tobacco requires both pre transplant and post transplant decisions, which …
Chlorpyriphos is an organophosphate insecticide that has been the topic of recent regulatory review. The federal Environmental Protection Agency …
Meloidogyne enterolobii Internal Quarantine from NCDA On Friday, October 5, 2018, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services released a press …
Hurricane Florence has brought damaging rains, winds, and flooding to North Carolina with, in some areas, tobacco still being on the stalk. Continuing …
Environmental conditions this growing season have been conducive for several pathogens in flue-cured tobacco. Frogeye leaf spot (Cercospora nicotianae) has …
Tobacco blue mold was confirmed (July 11, 2017) in commercial tobacco in Caswell County, North Carolina by the Plant …
Tobacco budworms (Heliothis veriscens) and corn earworms (Helicoverpa zea) are two common crop-damaging caterpillars. They both feed on a …
As part of our annual flue-cured tobacco production surveys, we ask county extension agents questions about current insect pest-control …
Graduate student Pete Nelson has been busy studying the biology of spined stilt bugs in tobacco in order to …
The insecticide toolbox in tobacco has changed significantly during the past year. As many growers and extension personnel are …
This Entomology Insect Note offers tips for baiting ants in an around homes.
This insect note describes how to identify and control powderpost beetles and wood-attacking fungi.
This Entomology Insect Note describes the identification, biology, behavior and control of the kudzu bug.
This Entomology Insect Note offers information on how to identify and control earwigs in the …
This factsheet identifies several varieties of the ornamental Callery Pear tree and their impacts on …
The elm zigzag sawfly is an invasive species first reported in North America in 2020. …
This factsheet describes the biology of the woolly oak aphids, Stegophylla spp, and provides residential …
This factsheet describes the biology of earwigs (order Dermaptera), and provides residential management recommendations.