Potato Disease Forecasting Report 8-13-13 – 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...Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 8-13-13
8-13-13 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 […]
Continue reading...Potato Disease Forecasting Report 8-9-13
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 8-9-13 – 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...Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 8-9-13
8-9-13 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 […]
Continue reading...Vegetable Disease Update – 8/9/13
No Late blight has been reported in New Jersey this week. Cucurbit downy mildew has been found on pumpkin in northern New Jersey. Phytophthora blight remains active in many crops. The good news is that next week should bring some dry weather. An early indication from our pepper bacterial leaf spot differential trial is that […]
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