Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa If you have not been scouting fields, be sure to keep a close watch for leafhoppers. Remember, the nymphs can quickly cause damage and once yellowing is present significant damage has already occurred… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Disease Severity Value (DSV) Accumulation as of July 8, 2009 is as follows: Location: Shadybrook Farms, Little Creek, DE in Kent County. Greenrow: May 1 LATE BLIGHT EARLY BLIGHT Date Daily DSV Total… Continue Reading
Andy Wyenandt, Assistant Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers University; wyenandt@aesop.rutgers.edu Cucurbit powdery mildew(PM) season is just around the corner! Symptoms typically begin on older, lower leaves and can spread rapidly under dry, humid conditions. Control of powdery mildew begins… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Ag Agent, Kent Co.; gcjohn@udel.edu Both early planted processing baby lima beans and market garden pole lima beans are showing signs of nitrogen deficiency now across the state, even with adequate N being applied. This is likely… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on cucumber was confirmed on the Eastern Shore of Maryland on July 7, 2009. The processing cucumber scout that found the original infection reports that symptoms,… Continue Reading
