JUNejULY Thf Plantsman
A Newsletter of the New Hampshire Plant Growers' Association
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Agricultural Fairs 10 Opryland Hotel, complete listing of upcoming 5th Annual Florida Foliage Expo/Seminars. AAN Annual Convention, k Diplomat Resort and Convention Center, Nashville, TN (202) 789-2900 agricultural fairs in the region
Apopka, FL. Ann King, (407) 886-2328
Board of Directors E.C. Geiger Inc. Field Day and Grower Sympo- sium, E.C. Geiger, Inc., Harieyville, PA. Doris Message 4 Longwood Gardens Course on Conifers, E.Latta, (215) 256-6511 Kennett Square, PA (215) 388-6741 Ext 516 Partial Credit for Private Applicators? 3 The Pennsylvania Floral Industry Expo, Sh Should NH institute a partial credit eraton Lancaster Golf Resort and Conference system for recertification of Private Center, Lancaster, PA. Gary E. Olson, Penn- Pesticide Applicators? International Garden Centre Congress, New sylvania Florists Association, (814) 726-3779 York, NY (202) 789-2900 In the News 22
5th Seeley Conference, Boyce Thompson In- New London Garden Club Antique Show and Agriculture, Ithaca, NY. Tomato Spotted stitute, College of - Sale, Town Hall, New London, NH, 9:00 AM Robert Langhans, (607) 255-3139 Wilt Virus 24 4fl0 PM. Recognizing and controlling the thrip- transmitted Tomato Spotted Wilt
International Herb Grovi/ers and Marketers Association Annual Conference and Trade The Power of Show, Omni Hotel, Baltimore, MD. Maureen 16 Beuhrie, (717) 285-4252 Suggestion
New England Nurseryman's Summer Meet- it seems obvious, but the suggestion ing, Prides Corner Farm, Lebanon, CT (617) is an often overlooked marketing 964-8209 technique New Hampshire Farm Museum Herb Day, Milton, NH, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, 652-7840 UNH Fall Offerings 10 Perennial Plant Association Symposium, At- A look at Landscape and Horticultural 771-8431 lanta, GA (614) this fall at the UNH UNH Flower Trial Gardens, Prescott Park, courses offered Portsmouth, NH. Featuring over 700 varieties Thompson School of annuals and perennials. VT Plantsmen's Summer Mtg, Horsford's Customers First 5 Nursery, Charlotte, VT (802) 674-2700 A recent Time Magazine study reveals Short International Floriculture Industry some interesting facts about customer Rorists' Short Course Course, formerty the Ohio service and Trade Show, Ohio Center/Hyatt Regency, Peterborough Garden Club, Petertx)rough,NH. Columbus, OH. Theresa Roll, Ohio Florists Standard Flower Show, Sharon Art Center, Association, (614) 267-1117 Sharon, NH. Summer Meeting Details 14,15 The Annual NHPGA Summer Meeting Show, Bal- Mid-Atlantic Summer Mtg & Trade will The Greenery in New England Greenhouse Conference, Shera- be held at timore, MD (301) 256-6474 Ossippee Wednesday, August 1 ton Hotel, Sturbridge, MA. For further informa-
tion: Richard Emerson, (603) 329-5525 Tips From the Griffin Guru...21 CNA Summer Meeting, Imperial Nurseries, Granby, CT (203) 872-2095 Partial Credit for Private Appiicators?
Q By Margaret J. Pratt, Extension Educator, Agriculture, Hiiisborougti County r^—=-L embers of the New year period, more information would be enough credits, he or she would have to R M I Hampshire Department of available to applicators to keep them take the examination to recertify. A Iff I I Agriculture, Division of abreast of trends and changes in the partial credit system would place more I I I Pesticide Control, and laws. Recertification meetings covering responsibility on applicators to seek out IimbbbJ UNH Cooperative Exten- current issues would almost certainly meetings and to maintain records of at- sion met recently to discuss the possi- offer better quality information and tendance. The Pesticide Conuol bility of instituting a partial credit education. Also, meetings that are Division would not do this. system for recertification of Private presently held and attended by many Partial recertification is under discus- Pesticide Applicators. Presently New growers (such as twilight meetings) sion as a result of questions and Hampshire has this type of system in could be considered for recertification comments from growers. Many of the place for Commercial Applicators, and credit provided they meet the require- states surrounding New Hampshire it seems to be working well. Currently, ments of the Division. Keep in mind operate under a partial credit system. Private Applicators recertify by that an application for recertification As a result, at regional meetings attending a single meeting held only credit would have to be submitted 45 growers from other states frequently are once every five years by Cooperative days before the scheduled meeting. eligible for pesticide credits while New Extension. The last recertification The following factors might be con- Hampshire growers are not. Some meeting for Plant Growers was held in sidered disadvantages under a partial growers have indicated thai they would the fall of 1988. This one meeting credit system. Because a Private Appli- prefer to operate under a partial credit meets all the requirements necessary for cator would have to accumulate credits system. recertification. Instituting a partial from several meetings he or she will To assist the committee in their delib- credit system would mean that individu- have to travel more often. In addition, erations. Cooperative Extension and the als would be able to accumulate credits some meetings offering credit might be Pesticide Control Board would like to over five year periods by attending a held out of state. Private Applicators get input from Private Applicators about series of meetings. would also have to take responsibility their feelings concerning a partial credit There are both advantages and disad- for finding out about meetings which system. If you have problems with the vantages associated with a partial credit offer recertification credits. Notice of idea, they would like to know what system for Private Applicators. Some such meetings is published in the those problems are. If you favor such a of the advantages and disadvantages are Weekly Marketing Bulletin; however, system, they would like to know that as outlined below. reminders are generally not sent out. well. It would be appreciated if you One advantage is that Private Appli- Professional organizations would need would direct your comments to cither cators would be able to choose between to keep members posted by publishing Murray McKay at 271-3550 or Dr. a variety of meetings where credit could notices in their newsletters. Stanley Swier at 862-1 159. You may be obtained, rather than attend one Applicators would be issued a Certifi- call or submit written comments. meeting every five years. This would cate of Attendance for each recertifica- Written comments should be sent to the allow growers the fiexibility of attend- tion meeting attended. They would be Division of Pesticide Control, Caller ing meetings at their convenience. responsible for obtaining the required Box 2042, Concord, NH 03302-2042. Meetings would most likely be spon- number of credits and for holding onto The decision on this issue will be made sored by Cooperative Extension, or Certificates of Attendance until the fifth on feedback from the industry, so each industry and professional organizations year of the recertification cycle. If an comment counts. such as trade and producer groups. By applicator loses his or her Certificates of attending several meetings over a five Attendance, or does not accumulate
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"A^^^ OByKlrkWeyant he economic changes of the hard as a board member and co-editor of Growers' Association continues to meet I u ^^" I past year have caused many The Plantsman, has resigned. Jennifer your changing needs, it is my hope that, I I companies to take a hard Gould has taken her place. (Currendy through the Board's leadership and with I I look at the goods and only one Board position still remains active input from the membership, we l-^i^^J services they are providing unfilled.) Lastly, Dr. Charlie Williams, can more effectively represent the di- Hampshire's and, in some cases, to seek ways to after serving for many years as the verse interests of New educational, better meet and satisfy the needs of their editor of The Plantsman, has stepped plant growers and offer customers. In much the same way, the down, and we look forward to working marketing, and meeting opportunities to NHPGA Board of Directors has been with our new editor. Bob Parker. better promote our plants and services looking at the needs of the membership We would like to continue to encour- throughout the state and beyond. and seeking ways to better meet those age active participation at all levels. I look forward to our summer needs. Our display at the Spring Garden Show meeting at The Greenery in Ossipee on During the past year, the Board has in Manchester was an example of what August 1, and we welcome all com- grown from four directors to six with enthusiastic support can accomplish, ments on the changes we are making.'^ the additions of Bruce Holmes and Alan and we thank Alan Eves for his effort. Eves. Kalhy Gamester, who has worked As the New Hampshire Plant
Welcome To Our New Members:
Bruce Borden, RR 2, Box 650, Wyman Road,Keene, NH 0343 Wendy Clark, 23 Dauntless Lane, Plaistow.NH 03865 D.S. Cole Growers,240 No. Vil- lage Road, Loudon, NH 03301 Dragon Products Co, 20 Portland N. Business Park, Falmouth, ME 04105 Flower Farm, 22 Flanders Memo- rial, Weare, NH 03281 Hunts Greenhouse, RR 2, Box 402, Townhouse Rd., Cornish, NH 03745 Suzanne Kramer, 135 Foster Street, Lowell, MA 01851 John Kunze Landscaping, 116 Arch Street, Keene, NH 03431 McHutchinson & Co., 56 Cot- tage Street, Franklin, MA 02038 Plant & Pet Care by MAM, PO Box 165, Bristol, NH 03222 Andrea Rollins, Box 17, Melvin Village, NH 03850 Product Innovation, Professional Plant Packaging and Promotion Growers Scholarship - - J| endy Clark, a May '90 had opportunity of aggressive flyer program that can Z L the graduate I « n vl of the Thompson I I speaking to the N. American greatly help retailers increase sales. lfl#l School, was recently pre- I I Flower Bulb Wholesalers At the February NorCal Trade show W W senled with a Professional I recently at their annual the "classic" example of packaging, [ I ^^B Plant Growers Scholarship. ^-iHMaJ meeting. Bulb sales have promotion and product innovation was This scholarship, given by the Profes- seen a greater than average growth being introduced by the Clyde Robin sional Plant Growers Foundation, is over the past five years. Seed Company - A professional golf available to students in associate degree Most of it is due to packaging and course green for the homeowner. The programs nationwide who are studying promotion of what was once a com- kit comes complete with Pencross Horticulture. Applicants should have modity product. Companies like Van Creeping Bentgrass seed, Hagpole, prac- intentions of becoming a floriculture Bloem's arc leading the way with tice cup and complete blueprints and plant producer and/or operations aggressive innovation and smart insffuctions. Retailing at $44.95, it is manager upon completion of their marketing. The fall they have an the ideal gift for "golf-gardeners."* studies and carry a minimum B aver- age.*
Industry News
kidclsky & Company recently announced the pro- motion of Jon Giannino to Assistant Sales Manager. He will now work out of the New Jersey corporate office. Associated with this change will be the return of Dick Smith as the sales repre- sentative for New England. Dick returns to the sales force after many years with management at the corporate office.*
Time IVIagazine Study TSAS Horticultural Reinforces Customer Service Students Honored Z L ncreased levels of customer (including commuting) has increased I t the May 20th Thompson from 41 to nearly 47 I I service will be critical for hours. School Commencement, - •People are taking shorter vacations, I I retailers in the future not senior Marianne Hynes was o"'y in dealing often just four day weekends. I I with custom- presented the Leadership ers but also in the •Although leisure time is declining, '^i^^J products and Scholarship Award. This they are offering. standards quality are rising. g] on is given to a student who has shown A recent study by Time Magazine To the garden center operator this outstanding leadership, cooperation and has revealed interesting facts that can means customers want professional interest in his^er chosen field of study. help retailers better serve their custom- looking results with less effort. Retail- Also honored was Jonathan Tanguay ers' needs. ers offering products and ideas that who received the Stacey W. Cole •The amount of leisure time enjoyed by save the customer time will be re- Scholarship. This scholarship is the average American has shrunk 37% warded with repeat business and more presented to a NH resident attending the since 1973. cash register rings.'* Thompson School who exhibits •During the same period, the work week motivation and a sense of citizenship and spirit for the shool.*
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Write for catalog Member: MNA. NENA. AAN tewart^ Millers Falls Road, Turners Falls, MA 01376 NURSERY, Inc. Telephone 413- 863-2510 s 13 Greenery Hosts Summer Mee a By Bob Parker
s you drive on Route 16 installation was technically tricky because through Ossipee, you may the exohte is placed in the glazing system
notice an oval wooden sign in a way that allows it remain flexible - it's
saying "The Greenery" actually floating so that it can expand or \M standing in a carefully contract with the weather. So far, it's pruned grove of pine and, in back of the worked fine. This greenhouse area is used drive curving behind the trees, two recently for retail business and for growing as built wooden buildings - a large ^^ 1^1^ well. Along with the pool storage shed and a cedar clap- surrounded by tropical floor board salesroom with an invit- plants shipped up from 7/7 1987.Jt ing front porch. Florida are benches of ge- Behind the buildings are was a raniums, begonias, impa- new greenhouses and piles of tiens, and dusty miller. loam and rows of potted nursery Just outside this com- stock. There's a lot going on. twenty plex are two Criterion It's surprising to see so much houses (14x48 and 25x48) happening in what seems a fairly acre and seven hoop houses (one isolated place. 28x48, six 14x48) from Ed "In 1987," manager Bruce woodlot...' Persons, the proprietor of Holmes says, "It was a twenty ^^^ Ledgewood Farms and a acre woodlot." Developer (and ^^ ^^^ local greenhouse manufac- former Red Sox owner) Buddy Leroux turer. These are filled with an assortment began construction in late 1987. Holmes of annuals and vegetables. The annuals started work in January 1988. Today it's are standard - marigolds, snapdragons... an impressive garden center and one that's The uniqueness is in the number of varie- still expanding. ties — they carry "Rocket" snaps, for ex- The salesroom opens onto two 28x80 ample, and forty types of petunias, and Nexus Teton houses connected to create an taller plants that can be grown for use as additional 58x80 feet of retail space. The cut flowers. sides are standard - eight mil polycarbon- Behind these is the newest addition to RETAIIBE ate point-fastened on to the frame; the roof the complex, a new propagation house. A is eight mil exolite - a rare instance of this 42x96 Rough Brothers lech-lite house, it material being used on an arched roof. The is an all aluminum structure with polycar- bonate walls and an acrylic roof. It has all-natural venting, with double runner automatic roof vents and manual side vents. It has ro-flo moveable benches and under bench heating using an Alcoa hot water system. Although still not finished, it's filled with four inch gerani- ums. Behind the greenhouse is about five acres of potted nursery stock. The plants are bought in spring, potted up, wintered over - the evergreens are stored in the hoop houses; the deciduous material is laid under microfoam, then covered in plastic - and sold the following year. Holmes feels the extra year in the pots allows the development of a solid root system that insures the quality of the product Obviously, with five acres of mate- GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY STOCK rial, there is a broad selection. This is particularly true of the deciduous mate- rial - there's an unusually wide variety of flowering crabs, for example. And the Ossipee, is being talked about. As a way of introducing themselves to other members of the profession, the Greenery will host the Plant Growers' "In 1988, summer meeting on August fu-st. Holmes wants people "just to realize we're here" 3,500 and to see The Greenery as "a major source of quality plant material in New plants Hampshire". Along with the tours of The Green- were ery, there will be a tailgate trade fair (Bruce is hoping for between thirty and grown; forty vendors) and the New Hampshire Agricultural Agents Association will put last year, on one of their famous chicken barbeques. Visits to Spider Web Gardens in 7,000; this Tuftonboro are also planned. Established in 1938, it is one of the older garden year centers in New Hampshire. It sells field- grown annuals, nursery stock, and peren- nials. Its specialties include iris, daylilies, 15,000 hosta, and peonies. Over forty varieties of peonies are in the half-acre devoted to this plants, all plant's production. With nine green- houses, twenty employees, and eight acres potted in under cultivation, there should be plenty to see here as well. Classic And there are door prizes - among them a weekend for two in Waterville 600's will AREA Valley and tickets to a Red Sox game - so the day should be fun, a good chance to be talk with friends, look over new products and see two (one of the newest and one of planted" numbers of varieties available will con- the oldest) of the Lakes Region's finest tinue to grow. greenhouse and nursery operations.'* Another specialty seems to be devel- oping in the area of geraniums. Currently twenty types of standards and fifteen of ivies are being grown. Although the busi- ness is primarily retail. Holmes hopes that, as production continues to expand, a wholesale business will develop. He sees this happening as people realize what The Greenery has to offer. In August, an open acre beside the greenhouses will be filled with potted mums. In 1988, 3500 were grown; last year, 7000; this year 15,000 plants — all potted in Classic 600's — will be grown. Holmes feels the larger pot produces a bigger plant of higher quality. And the business continues to ex- pand. This spring, a retail outlet in down- town Wolfboro will open for its second season. And other expansion, perhaps a PROPAGATION HOUSE florist shop added to the retail center in "The Power of Suggestion" Wise Old Marketing Tool a By Una Sawtette
k| t's not newIBut it's easy! design for a planter will be much more • Provide ideas to the retailer for I ^ I I And it worics! Yet many effective if placed next to the plants that design techniques. I I still don't take full are used rather than in a different I advantage of it! What? location where the customer has to • Have special holiday preparations I I ^^i The mighty "Power of make the connection on his own. Tell or design ideas. Nontraditional ideas Suggestion!" the customer what you want him to do are great. Customers are always In a marketplace where the majority and make it easy! looking for alternatives to the traditional of families have workers, increased two Wholesalers can and should utilize gifts. disposable income, their own homes, the Power of Suggestion as well. As a and less shopping time, the Power of wholesaler you can ultimately increase • Provide off season fillers to the Suggestion works better than ever. your own sales by offering some retailer with ideas for promoting their great Show customers a idea and they marketing tools to your resale accounts. use such as indoor herb planters, will buy! The gardening industry is Offering point of purchase sales hanging plants, or larger annual and supplying consumers with instant grati- materials for the plants and other stock perennial slock. fication and instant beauty! That's what you sell is a widely needed customer These promotional ideas are an
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110 Codjer Lane Sudbury, MA 01776 (508) 443-7177 Today there are more than 6,100 acres, Customer Service travel inside vehicles. This would make and the total supply of lilies to Dutch a quarantine very difficult to manage, he auctions You realize that your customers shop rose to 236.5 million stems last added. at your garden center for plants, year. flowers, Pesticide treatment is used primarily and garden supplies. Current lily research concentrates on But did you know on nursery stock shipments destined for resistance to disease and keeping quali- they want more? non-infested areas. But none of the ties. Researchers are cross-fertilizing According to a nationwide study by pesticides tested provided completely Asiatic lilies with Orientals in hopes of Adweek's Market Week magazine and clean slock. And only a few kept the combining the best qualities of each. In Warwicke, Baker and Fiore advertising pest at moderate levels for seven days. the short term, this may not increase the agency, 93 percent of customers want California researchers are not recom- quantity of lilies, but it should increase more rest rooms and 49 percent are will- mending using pesticides on landscape ing quality, says Holland's Flower Coun- to pay extra for the convenience. materials. Mature landscape trees have The second most desired cil.* item (62 withstood heavy infestations for two percent of these (excerptedfrom SAF — Business News surveyed) was a place seasons without marked loss of vigor, sit for the Floral Industry. April to down. 1990) despite some defoliation. Garden center owners may want to Researchers are now working on consider making the shopping experi- introducing natural enemies of the ash ence more pleasant by providing And in California... whitefly. These include parasitoids, functional niceties. Extra seating in the predators, and diseases. They appear to outdoor selling yard or greenhouse can a New Whitefly be a major controlling force in Europe, be incorporated in small display gardens where this whitefly does not seem to that can increase the sale of plant reach An introduced pest, the ash whitefly, pest status. Crop losses have oc- material and garden benches. Clean and curred only in is causing serious problems in Southern areas lacking effective easy-to-find restrooms should be natural enemies.lf California, and it is moving north. The accessible to the handicapped. Putting pest host range includes many common (from Digger, April. 1990; Source: yourself in your customer's place, landscape species. California Agriculture, Vol. 44, #1) wouldn't these amenities make your The ash whitefly (Siphoninus phil- garden center a more pleasant place to lyreae) was first found in shop?'ir Van Nuys, California, in July, 1988. It spread (from Garden Center Newsletter, May- And California Again.., rapidly and is now found in 12 Califor- June. 1990) nia counties. Entomologists believe it will eventually spread throughout the The State of California may ban state. It has primarily infested ash and metallic or "foil" balloons, due to the power outages they have Lilies pear trees, but is known to attack apple, caused and to peach, apricot, and plum. Heavy their potential life-threatening danger. infestations cause leaf wilt, early leaf During the first ten months of 1989, Usually, the lily is associated with drop, and smaller fruit. metallic balloons caused 593 power specific occasions, like Easter or funer- Pesticides have proved ineffective outages in California, according to the als. But this long-time trend may be because the populations are large and California Public Utilities Commission changing, reports the Flower Council of widespread. A pesticide-treated tree is (CPUC). The outages disrupted power Holland. Extensive research in Holland soon re-infested by whiteflies from lines of 733,000 customers and cost has enabled the lily population to grow other sources. power companies $444,52 1 . (The tremendously, allowing it to become a It is not clear where this particular power disruption occurs as the metallic multi-purpose flower. form of whitefly originated, according balloon makes direct contact with the Researchers attribute the growth of to Bob Obermire, Oregon Department power lines.) The CPUC has made the lily population to an increased of Agriculture Plant Division. "We three proposals to regulate the balloons awareness of the flower's ornamental don't know if this is a tropical form or to the California legislature. Two of value and keeping quaUties. The these call for not," he says. "If it is tropical, the complete bans.'*' increase in the varieties of Oriental and (from SAF — Business News chmate may keep it in check. If it for the Asiatic Hybrids, including the Connecti- Floral Industry, April comes from northern Europe, it could be 1990) cut King, Enchantment, Laura Lee, and a problem, particularly on Rosaceae Furore, has also helped to expand the species." population. Obermire said that the pest does not In 1970, Holland had only two acres require plant material to move and may devoted to the cultivation of lily bulbs.
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omato spotted wilt is the I h On green fruit, blotches or spots of "l^ I name of a virus which pale green or white, or small bumps A PARTIAL HOST RANGE I I we first discovered near the surface. On maturing fruit, I I causing a wilt and yellow, orange, or green spots or l-^^^J spotting of tomatos. Al- blotches, vertical cracks, corky though named for the plant in which patches or lines, black spots, ring- it was first found, tomato spotted wilt spots, or lumps may be present. virus (TSWV) can infect an ex- Severely affected plants may form no tremely wide range of plants (New fruit at all, or the fruit may be very Guinea Impatiens, gloxinia, cycla- small and unmarketable. Diseased men, exacum) and a large number of plants do not yield well. weeds. Formerly the disease was a Impatiens problem only in tropical and sub- Small dark purple ringspots tropical regions of the world. In more often occur on leaves; flowers may temperate regions, it occurred also display ringspots, but here the sporadically in greenhouses where the rings are usually white. Dark streaks environmental conditions were on stems or leaves, especially favorable for growth and the insects involving the mid-rib; leaf yellow- that transmit (or vector) the virus. ing, leaf malformation; leaf drop; and Thrips are the only known vectors of stunting may occur. Plants infected TSWV. while still young, or older plants severely affected may lose many Symptoms leaves, look "leggy" and generally Due to the wide host range and appear unthrifty. the several strains of virus that exist, symptoms are variable and may Cyclamen resemble those caused by fungi. The most distinctive symptom of Symptoms may include irregular TSWV is the thumbprint-like yellow necrotic (dead) spots on leaves, ringspots on leaves. Brown streaks, discolored veins, black or purple stem in addition to rings, may be present streaks, falling of leaves or buds, on petioles. Flowers are often mal- stunting, irregular leaf shapes, black formed. Corms may be constricted leaf spots, necrotic young leaves, and into an elongated shape and, when colored spots or stripes on petals. cut, the vascular tissues of the corm Black, brown, reddish, or yellowish appear as brown streaks. Plants stop concentric rings, although not always growing, brown spots appear on present, are virtually certain symp- leaves and leaf edges, and eventually toms of virus infections. In general, plants wilt and die. The roots usually symptoms vary a great deal from crop look fine until the plant is near death. to crop and infected plants may show It may take three months or longer no symptoms at all. Specific ex- from the time the plants were first in- amples will be given for four crops. fected for symptoms to appear, during which time the plants look Tomato perfectly healthy. Two or more of the following occur on the foliage: downward Gloxinia curling of leaves; leaf distortion; Young plants will show symp- whole plant stunting and yellowing; toms similar to certain fungal bronze or purplish marking on leaves, diseases. Symptoms may appear as including "thumbprints" or dots sur- stunting of new leaves or browning rounded by rings (ringspots), or of the central or basal portion of the flecking; dark purplish stem streaks, plant, followed by collapse and plant tip or seedling dieback; or wilting. death. Plants that are older when
24 The thrip normally lays its eggs in slits cut in leaf or flower tissue and lives the first stage of its life inside the tissue of the plant - which is why ordinary surface sprays do not kill the insects at these stages
first infected may show brown or yellowish ringspots, large circular areas of brown dying tissue, and browning of the midrib. In all host plants, symptom ex- pression will vary depending upon the age of the plant at the time of infection, environmental conditions (especially temperature), host variety or cultivar, and strain of the virus.
Disease Cycle Tomato spotted wilt virus, in virtually all cases, is u-ansmiited by thrips. Thripsare tiny (l/16of an inch) winged insects that feed on plants by sucking sap from cells of leaves and flowers. Immature thrips acquire the virus when feeding on diseased plants; the insects then spread the FREEZE FRACTURE OF SOYBEAN LEAF ENLARGED 480 TIMES. virus as adults feeding on healthy plants. The virus multiplies within PHOTOGRAPH: JOHN KNOWLES the plant and may exist throughout
it, even though some parts of the plant may look perfectly healthy. TSWV survives the winter in tions or unusual symptoms. Accept should be used in rotation instead of infected plants, including those held only healthy, insect-free plants. Fine constantly applying just one chemical over the winter in greenhouses, and mesh screen (400 mesh) can be used class. in many species of weeds. These on doors, air intakes, and screens to Insecticides should be applied in plants act as reservoirs of the virus prevent thrips from entering houses the early morning, when thrips are from which it can spread in the from the outside. most active and when the potential for spring by the feeding activities of Monitoring thrips in the green- plant toxicity reactions are mini- the thrips. house using yellow sticky cards mized. placed near vents and above crop For the complete brochure, level will allow detection of increas- contact the Maryland Department of Disease Control in ing thrip populations. Thrips are at- Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Greenhouses tracted to the yellow cards and be- Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401. There are three primary come trapped on the sticky surface. (Telephone 301-841-5920) * methods of control: (1) sanitation, Cards should be checked at least once including weed control; (2) exclu- a week. When the number of trapped sion of the vector and diseased thrips seems to be increasing, an in- (This is a synopsis of an plants, and (3) insecticides to control secticidal spray may be warranted. A thrips. Sanitation practiced dili- second application should be made article written by Melody gently will prevent spread of the four days after the first. Putnam, Maryland Depart- virus. Keep the greenhouse area Thrips, especially the Western free of weeds because they may Flower Thrips, have been found to de- ment ofAgriculture, and harbor both thrips and the virus. velop populations resistant to certain Ethel Dulky, University of Destroy plants known to be infected; insecticides that are used repeatedly, Maryland at College Park) do not use these plants for propaga- so it is important to rotate the class of tion, even if some parts appear to be insecticide used. For example, pyre- normal and healthy. Inspect incom- thoids, carbamates, chlorinated hydro- ing crops carefully for thrip infesta- carbons, organophosphates, and soaps WHOLESALE ONLY Growers of Quality Hardy Plants
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