Armyworms have been reported in the Bowmanville area this past week. Scout your fields in the evening when they are most prevalent. Look for brown to dark green worms with yellow strips, moving up crop stems and leaves. Dylox, Seven XLR Plus and Lannate are all registered. If there is little evidence of fresh feeding and larvae are larger than 3 cm the damage may already have been done but scout adjacent fields for infestations, including corn fields Wheat looks good in many areas from a yield perspective but fusarium infection seems to be increasingly evident in more and more fields.
Scout fields now and get combines set up to remove as many infected kernels as possible.
Harvest the varieties most prone to sprouting first. Check publication 296 for this information. Remember that fusarium will continue to develop rapidly in stored grain that is not properly dried. Wentworth This is the Field Crop Update for the Lake Erie counties for July 18, 2000. This report was prepared by Peter Johnson, Cereals Specialist.