- Asparagus: Phytophthora crown and spear rot
- Cabbage: Damping-off
- Cole crops: Downy Mildew and Alternaria
- Leeks (overwintered, spring transplanted): Purple blotch
- Lettuce: Bottom Rot/Drop
- Parsley: Septoria Blight/Bacterial (blight) leaf spot
- Strawberry: Anthracnose fruit rot; Botrytis (Gray Mold) and Blossom blight
April 11, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update: 4/11/2013
March 19, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
New Supplemental Label for Priaxor
Priaxor: For disease control and plant health in fruiting vegetables (0-day PHI).
March 19, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Seed treatments and selected fungicides and bactericides for the GH
All seed used in transplant production, as well as, any transplants brought into the greenhouse should be certified ‘clean’ or disease-free. Important diseases such as Bacterial leaf spot of tomato and pepper can cause major problems in transplant production if introduced in the greenhouse. [Read more…]
March 19, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Pathogens that Cause Damping-off
Damping-off is caused by a number of important vegetable pathogens and is very common during the spring. Damping-off can kill seedlings before they break the soil line (pre-emergent damping-off) or kill seedlings soon after they emerge (post-emergent damping-off). Common pathogens that cause damping-off include Pythium, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia and Fusarium spp. [Read more…]
January 28, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Presidio® Fungicide – Some Supplemental Label Uses Withdrawn
Valent has removed the Presidio® Fungicide Supplemental Label containing Brassica (Cole) Leafy Vegetables, Root and Tuber Vegetables, Carrot, Potato, and a 30-day rotation interval for Wheat. [Read more…]
