A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,1984
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The
Maryland Department of
Agriculture (MDA), in cooperation
with the University of Maryland
and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s National Plant Pest
Survey and Detection Program,
recently initiated a survey and
detection program designed to
determine the possible presence of
Pa’s harvest of
HARRISBURG Sweet corn,
tomatoes, snap beans, peaches and
squash headed the list of crops
being harvested by Pennsylvania
farmers during the week ending
August 5, 1964. The week was
excellent for farm fieldwork and
six days were rated suitable by
farmers according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting Service.
Farm activities included har
vesting of fruits, vegetables, wheat
and oats; making hay; spraying
alfalfa stands; and clipping
pastures.
Topsoil moisture supplies in the
commonwealth were rated short
by four percent of farm reporters,
adequate by 89 percent and surplus
by seven percent. The northern
region reported 90 percent
adequate and ten percent surplus,
and 100 percent of the central
reporters considered soil moisture
as adequate. Twelve percent of the
southern reporters gave a short
rating for soil moisture, 75 percent
reported adequate supplies, and 13
percent reported soil moisture to
be surplus.
Statewide, 44 percent of the com
crop was silked and six percent
was in the dough stage. Last year
at this time, 48 percent was silked
with less than five percent in
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Md. checks for new plant pests
three serious plant insect pests.
None of the three is known to exist
in the State at the present time but
they could easily survive if ac
cidentally introduced.
The first such pest is the western
com rootworm beetle. The beetle
is a severe problem in the midwest
com belt and has been slowly
migrating eastward. It was
dough. The northern region
reported 19 percent silked, the
central region had 51 percent of
their com in silk and the southern
region reported 58 percent of the
com is silked and 12 percent in the
dough stage.
Seventy-seven percent of Penn
sylvania wheat was reported as
harvested. At this time last year,
88 percent of the crop was har
vested. The northern region
reported 42 percent harvested, the
central region had a harvest level
of 75 percent and the wheat harvest
in the southern region was vir
tually complete.
The barley harvest was virtually
complete, on a par with last year.
Pennsylvania oats were reported
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recently detected in the states of
Ohio and Pennsylvania. The insect
can cause significant yield
reductions in continuous com
acreage. MDA has set about 170
insect traps throughout the State to
check on its presence.
The second pest is the plum fruit
moth. This insect occurs
throughout Europe and the
bounty moves ahead
as 24 percent harvested, trailing
the 38 percent harvested a year
ago. The northern section’s har
vest was less than five percent
complete and the central section
was eight percent harvested. In the
south, 51 percent of the oat crop
was harvested.
The potato harvest got underway
as five percent of the crop was
harvested, ahead of last year’s less
than five percent harvested. The
northern and southern regions
each had five percent of the crop
harvested while the central region
reported less than five percent
harvested.
In the commonwealth’s or
chards, less than two percent of the
apple crop was harvested, while
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southern U.S.S.R. It is now know to
exist in the United States but,
should it be introduced, it could
adapt to the Maryland climate. It
has the widest host range of the
three insects under consideration
and attacks, in addition to the
plum, cherries, apples, peaches,
apricots, pears and walnuts. The
caterpillar of the moth bores into
peaches were reported as 13
percent harvested. Producers are
also harvesting sweet corn,
squash, snap beans and tomatoes.
The second cutting of alfalfa was
59 percent complete, behind last
year’s level of 78 percent. The third
cutting of alfalfa was reported as
six percent complete, behind last
year’s 13 percent cutting. The
second cutting of clo-tim was
reported as 32 percent complete,
ahead of last year’s 27 percent. The
quality of hay made was con
sidered poor by four percent, fair
by 46 percent and good by 50
percent of the reporters. The
amount of feed obtained from
pastures was rated mostly average
to above average.
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twigs. It may also bore into fruit
later in the season causing fruit
drop. Fifty traps have been set in
the major peach producing
counties of Maryland for this pest.
Last, but not least, is the sum
mer fruit tortrix. This pest occurs
in western Europe but, like the
plum fruit moth, it could survive
Maryland’s climate. It is a pest of
apples and pears and causes
damage in the caterpillar stage
when it feeds on leaves and fruit.
Fruit losses of up to 20 percent
have been recorded in Germany as
a result of the activities of the
summer fruit tortrix. Fifty traps
for the tortrix have been set in
major apple producing counties.
MDA cautions that setting of
these traps for the surveys is not a
cause for alarm on the part of State
agriculturists. There is no in
dication that any one of these pests
currently exist in the State. “It’s
just a matter of safety first” says
Steve Malan of MDA’s Plant
Protection Section. “Many
agricultural pest infestations can
be eliminated or at least controlled
if discovered early. But when they
go undetected and unchecked for
long periods of time, control may
be impossible” he concluded.
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