Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu August is at a close and many corn fields are rapidly approaching harvest. If you are out scouting green fields, you may see plants with accelerated senescence due to crown and/or stalk… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Squash plants that were turning yellow and wilting in the field were found to be infected with the fungus Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae that causes Fusarium crown rot (figure. 1).… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu, Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu and Karen Rane, Extension Specialist Entomology, University of Maryland rane@umd.edu Fusarium crown rot on watermelon, caused by Fusarium solani,… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Last week Gordon Johnson wrote an excellent article, “Tough Year for Early Peas,” about problems with peas due to the wet soil conditions we have had in our area resulting in… Continue Reading
