Potato Disease Forecasting Report 5-24-13 – Click to Download Welcome to the new potato report for 2013! As always, we will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. Remember the threshold for P-days is 300! Once 300 P-days is reached for your location early […]
Continue reading...May 23, 2013 Peter Oudemans
Management of Phytophthora Root and Runner Rot in Cranberry
by Peter V. Oudemans, Extension Specialist and Anne DeMarsay, Post Doctoral Researcher Vines affected by Phytophthora Root and Runner Rot will decline from the root system up. Accurate diagnosis is important and may require identification by a trained plant pathologist. Key factors for effective management include: Identification of the pathogen Soil drainage rates Soil drainage […]
Continue reading...May 23, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Briefs 5-24-13
Cucurbit downy mildew was reported on cucumber as far north as Southern Georgia this past week. Crown rot and leather rot (fruit rot) caused by Phytophthora spp. were found on strawberry this past week. Bacterial problems in strawberry, parsley, and lettuce were reported this past week. With the rain and windy weather predicted over the […]
Continue reading...May 23, 2013 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update 5-24-13
Cucumber/Pickles: Angular leaf spot Lettuce: Bacterial leaf blight; Bottom Rot Tomato: Bacterial spot and speck Strawberry: Leather rot; Angular leaf spot
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May 23, 2013 Richard Buckley
Seeing Red, Feeling Blue?
Red thread has been festering in turfgrass for some weeks now, but really blew up over the last few days. As long as there is plenty of moisture – light rain, heavy fogs, dew – and optimal temperatures (60ºF to- 75ºF) – the fungus that causes red thread, Laetisaria fuciformis, will tear up susceptible grasses.
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