David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Rachel Yocum for correctly answering last week’s Guess The Pest challenge. Everyone else who submitted correct answers will be entered in the end of the year raffle. Squash bugs have been active for… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Plantings for late summer and fall harvested vegetables will be underway in the next few weeks. Timing these plantings can be a challenge, especially where multiple harvests are needed. Plantings from early… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I am seeing and getting reports of virus infected squash, pumpkin and cucumber fields, so I thought I’d go over some information about viruses. Several aphid species are responsible for transmission… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Scab of Cucurbits Cool wet weather is associated with several vegetable diseases. One of these is scab on cucurbits, caused by the fungus Cladosporium cucumerinum, which is favored… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on cucumber is now present in Sussex County, Delaware and in Cumberland County, New Jersey. Several additional late blight outbreaks were confirmed in Maryland over the… Continue Reading
