Meg McGrath (Cornell), Beth Gugino (Penn State), Kate Everts (Univ. Maryland), Steve Rideout (Virginia Tech), Nathan Kleczewski (Univ. Delaware), and Andy Wyenandt (Rutgers) Producing a high-quality cucurbit crop necessitates effectively managing downy mildew. This foliar disease is common in the… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu and Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Cucumber Downy Mildew has been reported in a research farm in Johnson County, North Carolina. Recent storms have likely… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Wet seasons such as 2013 increase the potential for root rots, wilts, and stem decay in peas. Root Rots are most prevalent in fields with significant compaction or with waterlogged soils. Root… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu This week I have received three watermelon samples that appear to be angular leaf spot. I wrote about this disease on cucumber and squash in the May 31… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Peas are very unforgiving of delays in harvest and a crop can go from useable to unusable in 24 hours. This means that harvesting must often go on when soils are wet.… Continue Reading
