Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Research was conducted on extending the production season for blackberries in Delaware. Primocane producing blackberries offer the potential for extended summer production and fall production for sales at farmers markets, and to… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu The 2014 Vegetable Fungicide Resistance Management Guidelines are available online under the Vegetable and Fruit Resources: http://extension.udel.edu/ag/vegetable-fruit-resources/ and on the Field Crops Disease Management Blog at http://extension.udel.edu/fieldcropdisease/2014/04/24/reminder-2014-vegetable-fungicide-resistance-guidelines-available/
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Each year we utilize the old standby disease forecasting program WISDOM® for monitoring late blight and early blight on potato. Once fields start hitting greenrow in 2-3 weeks I will issue weekly… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu and Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Bacterial Fruit Blotch Bacterial Fruit Blotch (BFB) of watermelon, which is caused by the bacterium Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli,… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Three years of research were conducted from 2011-2013 on the effect of fertility programs on pickling cucumber yield and quality. Processors were concerned that fruits were not as well colored in Eastern… Continue Reading
