Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu With downy mildew being found in pickling cucumbers on Delmarva, resistant varieties should be considered. We now have several slicing and pickling cucumbers with some degree of resistance to the current aggressive… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on processing cucumber was found on Thursday, June 13, 2018 in Dorchester County, MD. This is one of the earliest occurrences of downy mildew in Maryland.… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Scab of Cucurbits Cool wet weather is associated with several vegetable diseases. One of these is scab on cucurbits, caused by the fungus Cladosporium cucumerinum, which is favored… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew has been confirmed on watermelon in Wicomico County and pumpkin in Wicomico and Sussex counties this past week. All watermelon and pumpkin fields on the shore… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Pumpkins are attacked by many diseases, which makes designing a spray program very difficult. Below are some guiding ideas for management of pumpkins. There are three areas that… Continue Reading
