Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Bulb mites (usually Rhizoglyphus spp) are a problem of garlic that easily go unrecognized. Usually growers notice a general yellowing of their garlic plants with the tips of leaves often turning… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Last year at about this same time there were calls from growers about their garlic plantings turning yellow and wilting (Fig. 1). When dug up the bulbs were often times blackened… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu and Karen Rane, Extension Specialist Entomology, University of Maryland rane@umd.edu Several garlic fields have been having problems the last few years with rotting bulbs. Some seedcorn maggot was found feeding on… Continue Reading
