Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu
The national picture has not changed since last week. It is dry in Georgia and most of northern Florida, so conditions have not been favorable for spread north yet. On the local scene, all of our sentinel plants have been planted. Some were delayed due to the wet weather but the plantings were made in a timely manner for our region. Plots are located in Sussex County at the Research and Education Center near Georgetown, west of Seaford and near Selbyville. Kent County plots are located near Frederica and Smyrna; New Castle plots are near Summit and at the University Farm in Newark. These will be checked weekly once they begin to flower and every two weeks until then. Two maturity groups are present a Group III and a late Group VII which should stay green until frost.