Asparagus growers should consider scouting their fields during the summer months for foliar disease development. Important pathogens that growers need to scout for on a regular basis include Purple spot, Cercospora, and Rust. [Read more…]
September 11, 2013 Richard Buckley
Orange is the New Black
I went out to walk my orange dog this morning and wound up with orange shoes. And no, the orange dust all over my shoes was not orange dog dandruff, but masses of rust spores.
Rust spores all over my shoes. Photo: Richard Buckley, Rutgers PDL
September 3, 2013 Richard Buckley
Rust Never Sleeps
Happy Labor Day, which was yesterday of course, but I had the day off and hope you did too, and were out in your garden enjoying the diseased and insect riddled plants.
Alcea rosea flowers and seedpods. Photo: Stan Sheds, Spring Preserve Gardens
May 12, 2013 Richard Buckley
Happy Mothers Day!
Just like clockwork and in time to thrill your mother for Mothers Day, the telia of the fungus Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae appeared on area junipers.
Telia of Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae on Eastern red cedar. Photo: Richard Buckley, Rutgers PDL
