Late blight was reported on potato in Erie County, New York and Cambria County, PA (west central) late last week. This is the first report of late blight in PA this season. There are also suspected cases of late blight are being reported on potato and tomato in Lancaster County, PA. All tomato and potato growers in New […]
Continue reading...June 27, 2014 Jim Murphy
Localized Drought Stress is Here
As stated in an early post, summer stress is developing throughout the state. Summer stress isn’t widespread or severe but it is developing, particularly wilt stress, within very localized areas of many landscapes. Landscapes that receive little to no irrigation are especially prone to wilt and drought stress right now.
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June 25, 2014 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 6/25/14
Vegetable IPM Report 6-18-14 – Click to View | Download | Print Maps for the Week –European Corn Borer Population Map –Corn Earworm Moth Blacklight Trap Map –Corn Earworm Moth Pheromone Trap Map –Pepper Weevil Trap Catch Map Topics for the Week Sweet Corn Cole Crops Peppers Pepper Weevil Report Tomatoes BMSB Pumpkins and Winter […]
Continue reading...June 23, 2014 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-24-14
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 6-24-14 – Click To Download We will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application The first late blight fungicide application is recommended once 18 DSVs accumulate from green row. Green row typically occurs around the first week in May in southern […]
Continue reading...June 23, 2014 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 6-24-14
6-24-14 Tomato Report – Click to Download Disease severity values (DSVs) for early blight, septoria leaf spot, and tomato anthracnose development are determined daily based on leaf wetness (due to rainfall, dew) and air temperature. On a daily basis DSV values can range from 0 to 4 where 0 = no chance for disease development […]
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