Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Once again Delaware and Maryland will be participating in the CDMipmPIPE program, which monitors cucumber downy mildew (CDM) throughout the United States. We will have sentinel plots in both states to help… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland There have been new reports of cucumber downy mildew from Wicomico, Cecil, and St. Mary’s counties in Maryland. These reports add to previous reports from Caroline county, Maryland and… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on cucumber has been reported in Delaware and Maryland as of July 3. However, our region remains at high risk for onset of downy mildew on… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu This week cucumber downy mildew was reported in a cucumber field in Sussex County. Affected plants were scattered throughout the field, and severity was low (<5%). Cucumbers were in full bloom and… Continue Reading
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
