The threat of COVID-19 infecting one of your employees is real. The impact on your business could be devastating. A news report from North Carolina just confirmed the first case of a seasonal farm worker testing positive for the virus there. It can happen here just as easily, unless you are proactively helping your workers […]
Continue reading...Take-Home Extension Talk: Updates on important vegetable diseases.
The following video includes a review and update on important diseases for vegetable farmers in New Jersey. Covered in this presentation are: Bacterial leaf spot in pepper and tomato Phytophthora blight Cucurbit downy mildew Pepper Anthracnose Cucurbit powdery mildew Take-Home Extension Talk: Updates on important vegetable diseases. Please click here: Take Home – PPA 4-17-20 […]
Continue reading...Vegetable Disease Update – 4/17/20
Bacterial leaf blight in Cilantro was reported this week in southern New Jersey. Common leaf spot was reported in strawberry this past week. For more information click here. White rust and anthracnose have been reported in spinach over the past few weeks. For more information click here. Damping-off has been reported in pepper transplants this […]
Continue reading...Verticillium Wilt in Eggplant
Verticillium wilt is a common soil-borne fungal pathogen that once it has infested soil can remain for a very long time. Verticillium wilt is caused by either Verticillium albo-atrium or Verticillium dahlia and has a wide host range (over 200 plant species). Both pathogens can survive (overwinter) as microsclerotia in the soil. Verticillium wilt prefers […]
Continue reading...Identifying and controlling common leaf spot in strawberry

Strawberry leaf spot, caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen, Mycosphaerella fragariae, has been found in some strawberry fields on some cultivars this past week in southern New Jersey. Leaf spot can infect leaves, petioles, runners, fruit stalks (pedicels), and berry caps or calyxes. Small, dark purple to reddish-purple, round spots, 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter […]
Continue reading...COVID-19: PESTICIDE EXAMS CANCELLED **NJDEP ALERTS **
Rutgers is providing you this courtesy announcement regarding pesticide certification exams from the Bureau of Licensing and Registration of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Bureau of Licensing & Registrations. Posted … Read More »
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