Vegetable Disease Update: 07-11-22

  • White mold has been reported in tomato and Southern blight in pepper in southern new Jersey this past week. Click here for more information.
  • Early blight is being reported in tomato.
  • Rhizoctonia root rot has been reported in summer squash. Click here for more information.
  • Powdery mildew has been reported in cucurbit crops. For more information on the control of CPM please click here.
  • Cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on cucumber in southern and central New Jersey and Eastern PA. For more information on CDM control please click here.
  • Bacterial leaf spot has been reported in pepper. More more information on BLS control please click here.
  • Bacterial canker has been reported in tomato. For more information on diagnosing important tomato diseases please click here.
  • Early blight has been reported on potato.
  • Phytophthora blight has been reported on pepper. For more information please click here.
  • Dickeya dianthicola has been reported in potato in Virginia and Massachusetts.
  • The 2022/2023 Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations Guide is available for free online or for sale in hardcopy form at many County offices.
  • For a quick review on managing fungicide resistance development using tank mixes and fungicide rotations, and information on FRAC group 4, FRAC group 7, and FRAC group 3 and FRAC group 11 fungicides please click on hyperlinks.