This week:
Sweet Basil – Basil downy mildew
Bell Pepper – Bacterial leaf spot
Vegetable Diseases of the Week – 6/14/15
Vegetable Diseases of the Week – 5/17/15
This week: Bacterial leaf spot of bell pepper; Leather rot of strawberry; and Phytophthora crown rot of eggplant.
Bacterial Leaf Spot Update
Last summer a pepper differential trial was done near Vineland, NJ to help determine if new races of bacterial leaf spot (BLS) were present in the area. At least 11 races of BLS have been identified to date.
…look at ways to detect the presence of BLS susceptibility on your farm. Run your own internal “tests”: plant a few cultivars with known BLS resistance and take note which ones develop symptoms. Be ready to adopt cultivars with a larger BLS resistance package.
Vegetable Disease Update – 6/1/13
Pepper
Bacterial leaf spot – Symptoms of bacterial leaf spot on pepper leaves include small, brown water-soaked lesions that turn brown and necrotic in the centers. Spots may coalesce and form large blighted areas on leaves and premature defoliation can occur. [Read more…]