• Fungicide Days to Harvest or Pre-Harvest Intervals (PHI) are Important!  
• Hail Damage on Soybeans and Corn  
• Soybean Cyst Nematode Symptoms Beginning to Show!  
• Weather Summary

• Fall Armyworms & Corn Earworms in Corn Whorls
• Stink Bug Injury to Young Corn
• Prowl Injury to Soybeans Noted
• Japanese Beetle Emergence Moving North
• Soybean Root Diseases Showing Up
• Watch for Western Bean Cutworms in Corn
• Ants in the Pants, and Elsewhere
• Soybean Rust Update – Pretty Quiet
• Fungicide Application to Injured Corn
• Watch for Early Common Smut Symptoms in Corn
• Soldier Beetles Return
• Garden Symphylans
• Mysterious Wheat Stem Cutting

This is an Information Bulletin highlighting topics of interest for rural individuals and organizations, municipalities and communities in Lambton County.

This E-Letter is courtesy of:
Bryan Boyle
Regional Information Coordinator
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Wyoming

Aphid Watch!

by Clark Aitken CCA-ON

There is no evidence of aphids at publishing time, however the stage of the soybean growing season is here to watch for this pest. Here are some reminders to manage them.

1. Scout once or twice a week from now until September. Check 30-40 plants (6 plants in 5 areas) per field. Check whole plant. Early season populations tend to be on the upper portion of the plant but by mid season they migrate to the lower portion of the canopy. Turn leaf over and count the number of aphids per plant.

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