watermelon phytophthora blight | Weekly Crop Update

Phytophthora Blight Becoming a Major Limiting Disease in Watermelon

September 17, 2021kgyoung

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu As we see wetter weather patterns, Phytophthora blight caused by Phytophthora capsici (P. cap) is becoming a major limiting disease in watermelons. P. cap is not a fungus – it belongs to… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Disease Results from 2018 Field Trials

April 26, 2019cmanneri

Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Some of the applied research results of trials on management of vegetable diseases that were conducted in Maryland and Delaware, are now available online. These results include evaluations of 1) foliar fungicides… Continue Reading →