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Pesticide Safety v Credit

We will offer 2 hours of V Safety Credit for the Private Pesticide Applicators here at the Halifax County …

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Powdery Mildew

Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease that effects many different plants. The symptom of powdery mildew is a …

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What Is a Bee Swarm?

I have already gotten some reports and calls about bee swarms being seen in the area this year. Why …

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Cedar-Apple Rust

Cedar-Apple Rust You may be seeing orange gelatinous blobs with what looks like tentacles on redcedar or juniper trees now …

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Pesticide Collection Day

Pesticide Collection Day North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in cooperation with the Halifax County Cooperative Extension, will …

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Lawn Burweed

Lawn burweed Identification Lawn burweed (Soliva sessilis), is also known as spurweed, bindi weed, field burweed and Spurweed. It is a …

Pesticide Container Recylcing

The NCDA&CS Pesticide Container Recycling Program funds efforts to foster public health and safety, environmental protection, and resource conservation …

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Cotton/Soybean Scouting School

On Tuesday, August 2nd at 2 p.m. we will host a Cotton and Soybean Scouting School. Dr. Dominic Reisig …

April 21: Fire Ant Training

Are you a homeowner, a farmer, or a property manager? You’ve likely had to deal with problematic fire ants. …

Recent Publications related to Pest Management

Gray leaf spot sysmptoms

Gray Leaf Spot in Corn

This corn disease information note offers information on the symptoms and management of gray leaf …

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Purple mite. Note ridges of wax

Purple Mite

This factsheet describes the biology of the purple mite (also known as the purple camellia …

2 days agoPDIC Factsheets
Asian oak leaf beetle top view

Asian Oak Leaf Beetle, Demotina modesta

This factsheet describes the biology of the Asian oak leaf beetle, Demotina modesta, and provides …

2 days agoPDIC Factsheets
Yellow poplar weevil is a small, black snout beetle

Yellow Poplar Weevil

This factsheet describes the biology of the yellow poplar weevil (also called the tuliptree …

2 days agoPDIC Factsheets
A daylily leaf miner maggot with its interior skeleton visible right through the head to the left.

Daylily Leafminer

This factsheet describes the biology of the daylily leafminer, Ophiomyia kwansonis., and provides residential management …

2 days agoPDIC Factsheets
Map of NC showing SCN positive samples (left) Map of NC showing SCN population level (right)

Soybean Cyst Nematode

Soybean cyst nematode limits yields in every major soybean production region worldwide. This disease note …

Damage to corn stalk from southern corn rust

Corn Rusts: Common and Southern Rust

Common and southern corn rusts may affect corn in North Carolina. Management for each is …

Fusarium ear rot with starburst symptoms

Corn Ear Rots: Managing Mold and Mycotoxins

Corn ear rot is a disease of corn caused by various types of fungi, including …