- Sunscald injury is being reported on newly transplanted crops with the excess heat this past week.
- Downy mildew has been reported as far north as Northern Florida on multiple cucurbit crops.
- Dickeya dianthicola has been confirmed in Dark Red Norland potato seed in New Jersey. This is the first report of Dickeya in NJ this growing season. Dickeya diathicola has also been reported in potato in VA and FL this year.
- Pectobacterium wasabiae (soft rot or Blackleg) has been confirmed in ‘Red Pontiac’, ‘Kennebec’, and ‘Adirondack Blue’ potato seed in New Jersey this spring.
May 20, 2017 Andy Wyenandt