Disease Control
AI helps detect watermelon disease quickly
If you savor a juicy watermelon in the scorching summer heat, Florida farmers toil to meet your tastes. The Sunshine State leads the nation in watermelon production. But, like all farmers, those who produce watermelons... more »
Purdue sets Fruit, Vegetable and Hemp Field Day
Purdue specialists invite small- and large-operation farmers and growers to attend the Purdue Fruit, Vegetable and Hemp Field Day. The event is from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern July 21 at the Meigs Purdue... more »
Tips to curb asparagus disease damage
Foliar disease damage from purple spot and soilborne disease damage from crown and root rots are still major threats to asparagus. That’s the message from Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University vegetable disease pathologist. Hausbeck talked... more »
Advances made against cucumber downy mildew
Downy mildew is the disease to beat in pickling cucumbers, and there are three questions to ask: When do you begin fungicide applications? What fungicide should be used? Once a fungicide is sprayed, how many... more »
Thrips hit onions; foliar disease boosts risk
Onion thrips are a major challenge to organic growers and to growers who grow onions with conventional practices. Foliar diseases like stemphylium are also a major challenge. New research from Michigan State University (MSU) is... more »
Brassica black leg alert issued in eastern Washington
Black leg is reportedly present in multiple counties in eastern Washington. Washington State University Extension issued an alert for growers of seed crops of all kinds of brassicas (radish, canola, kale, mustard, turnip, etc.), as... more »
App lets plant specialists assess disease severity
A new iPad app, called Estimate, connects plant professionals with a portable database of photographs of diseased leaves to help determine plant disease severity. Estimate relies on Standard Area Diagrams (SADs), a series of photographs... more »
Cornell greenhouse IPM webinars now available
Cornell will be holding a series of short webinars on Greenhouse/High Tunnel Vegetable IPM on Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. in February and March. The intent is for each topic to be briefly covered... more »
New findings may help prevent late-blight pathogen from entering U.S.
New findings by University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers could help prevent more genetic strains of the potato- and tomato-killing late-blight pathogen from entering the United States. These findings may provide... more »
Mushy spots on peppers: Disease or disorder?
Frustration in pepper season can arrive when plants, healthy and strong in appearance, start to produce peppers with discolored, mushy spots. While the first instinct might be that there’s a pathogen out there infecting the... more »
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