Sampling an alfalfa field to determine the extent of alfalfa weevil damage and average stage of weevil development is best accomplished by walking through the field in an “M-shaped pattern.”
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I had the opportunity yesterday to deliver a laboratory lesson to over 40 Purdue University undergraduate agriculture students enrolled in Dr. Ron Lemenager’s beef management class.
The beginning of damage to alfalfa leaflets (note yellowing) caused by the potato leafhopper was seen on second harvest.
Desperate times calls for desperate measures. As delayed planting conditions persist and the calendar approaches June, we can’t anticipate all likely miscues that will play out in the next few weeks.
