Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Over the last few weeks I have been sent pictures of and have seen dark spots on the foliage of strawberry plants (Figures 1 and 2). These spots can look pretty… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu; @Delmarplantdoc With recent hail in the region, some growers may be wondering about the use of certain fungicides (specifically some containing strobilurin active ingredients (QoI FRAC group 11) for the mitigation of… 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
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu The weather based forecasting program MELCAST has begun for 2008. MELCAST is a weather-based spray scheduling program for anthracnose and gummy stem blight of watermelon. If you received… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu The fungal diseases gummy stem blight, Alternaria leaf blight, and anthracnose can be introduced into the greenhouse on watermelon seed or through inoculum from a previous crop. To… Continue Reading
