While rating our experiments last week at the Lower Coastal Plain Research Station near Kinston, NC, we noticed a few tobacco or tomato hornworm eggs scattered among our plots. We weren’t the only ones–other tobacco research plots at the station … Continue reading
The NC State University Tobacco Tour took place July 18 through 20th. Over 100 attendees visited 7 research station and grower locations over the course of the 3 days. We highlighted entomology research at the Lower Coastal Plain Research Station, Kinston, … Continue reading
Tobacco harvest has begun in eastern NC, and now is the time to turn scouting efforts to late season pests. The three most common late season tobacco insects are tobacco/tomato hornworms, tobacco flea beetles, and tobacco splitworms. I’ll be discuss … Continue reading