Leather rot of immature strawberry fruit
Bacterial leaf blight of romaine lettuce
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May 22, 2013 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 5/22/13
- Sweet Corn
- Cole Crops
- Peppers
- Brown Marmorated Stinkbug
- Tomatoes
May 21, 2013 Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Pepper Weevil Alert
Pepper weevil adults have been found now in four non-farm locations in south Jersey. In each instance the trapped weevils were likely brought into the state on, or in, peppers from the southern US or Mexico. [Read more…]
May 19, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Protecting against Pythium and Phytophthora blight
With the wet weather we’ve experienced in New Jersey over the weekend and the warm temperatures to follow this coming week Phytophthora blight (P. capsici) and Pythium are likely to start showing up in pepper, tomato, and cucurbit fields. [Read more…]
May 17, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Diseases of the Week – 5/17/13
- Cabbage
- Strawberry
- Processing Tomato Transplants
White Mold on Cabbage
Note white fungal growth and
black sclerotia developing at plant base.
May 17, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 5/17/13
This past week there were a few reported cases of bacteria causing problems in tomato transplants, along with an isolated case of pith necrosis from the field as well as bacteria causing issues in strawberry. There have been no reports of late blight or cucurbit downy mildew in the region to date. [Read more…]
