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September 8, 2014

Vegetable Disease Briefs – Late blight reported, 9/8/14

  • Late blight was confirmed in an organic cherry tomato field near Lawrenceville, NJ in Mercer County on 9/8. All tomato growers should continue to scout on a daily basis. Weather conditions have been ideal with the heavy, scattered rain and humid conditions over the past few days across much of the state.
  • There have also been scattered reports of late blight have been reported in PA and VA over the past couple weeks.
  • Conditions for downy mildew development on many crops have been ideal this past week with the scattered heavy rains, cooler night temperatures and dewy mornings. Downy mildew has been reported on cucumber, basil, and crucifer crops in our area. Remember, the fungicides recommended for controlling downy mildew are specific and need to be incorporated into weekly maintenance applications.
  • Cucurbit powdery mildew remains active on many cucurbit crops.

 

 

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August 8, 2013

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 Race 6 is present in southern New Jersey. We’ll have more information later this fall.
Phomopsis leaf spot has been found on Italian eggplant. [Read more…]

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August 2, 2013

Vegetable Disease Briefs – 8/2/13

Although conditions have been favorable, No Late blight has been reported in New Jersey this past week.

Basil

Downy mildew remains active – All basil growers should scout on a daily basis and should add a labeled downy mildew specific fungicide to their weekly fungicide program. Phosphite fungicides (FRAC code 33), such as Prophyt, K-Phite, and Rampart have shown the best efficacy in trials at RAREC. Actinovate (OMRI- approved) is also labeled for downy mildew control. Please remember, all abandoned basil fields should be worked under immediately after last harvest to kill the foliage! Abandoned fields left unattended after use will only serve as a source of inoculum for other fields. [Read more…]

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July 23, 2013

Vegetable Disease Briefs – 7/23/12

Late blight Update

No Late blight has been reported in New Jersey this week.

Basil

Downy mildew – All basil growers should scout on a daily basis and should add a labeled downy mildew specific fungicide to their weekly fungicide program. Phosphite fungicides (FRAC code 33), such as Prophyt, K-Phite, and Rampart have shown the best efficacy in trials at RAREC. Actinovate (OMRI- approved) is also labeled for downy mildew control. Please remember, all abandoned basil fields should be worked under immediately after last harvest to kill the foliage! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops