Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on cucumber is now present in Sussex County, Delaware and in Cumberland County, New Jersey. Several additional late blight outbreaks were confirmed in Maryland over the… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew was confirmed on cucumber on the eastern shore of Maryland last week. No new reports of downy mildew have been received. However, continue to spray cucumber… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on cucumber was confirmed in Caroline County, MD on Tuesday, June 28. The cucumber crop should be covered with a fungicide that targets downy mildew. Cantaloupes… Continue Reading
Andy Wyenandt, Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers University; wyenandt@aesop.rutgers.edu Syngenta Crop Protection released Orondis, a new fungicide with a new mode-of-action for use in vegetable production this past winter. Because of its registration date, Orondis was not included the 2016… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu My unscientific survey of grocery stores, big-box stores, and vegetable markets point to the fact that it was overall a good season for quality pumpkins. Pumpkins may not be as big… Continue Reading
