PDF Version of WCU 22:13 – June 20, 2014 WCU Subscription Options for 2014: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetable Crops Low pH in Plastic Mulched Beds, Manganese Toxicity in Cantaloupes Potato Disease Advisory #6 – June 20, 2014 Downy… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu The recent warm, rainy weather has been favorable for some foliar pathogens in corn, in particular, anthracnose. Foliar symptoms of anthracnose are often observed in young corn (prior to V5 in many… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland;jbrust@umd.edu The high temperatures we will have this week with daytime highs 90oF and above and nighttime lows only getting down to 70oF in much of the mid-Atlantic for several days in a… Continue Reading
Nancy Gregory, Plant Diagnostician; ngregory@udel.edu and Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on basil is currently widespread in the eastern U.S., after being distributed to “big box” garden centers by a major… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Date DSV Total DSV Accumulated P-Days Recommended Spray Interval 5/12-5/21 19 19 81 5-days 5/21-5/23 2 21 100 10-days 5/23-5/30 16 37 157 5-days 5/30-6/6 6 43 207 10-days 6/6-6-13 21 64… Continue Reading
