Save the date for the 2023 Wisconsin Agribusiness Classic (January 11th and 12th). The Wisconsin Agribusiness Classic is Wisconsin’s premier agribusiness industry event drawing interest and participation from all confluences of the industry from throughout the Midwestern states. The program is held at the Alliant Energy Center each January and boasts an attendance of over …
Hello, I forward, here, a message from Dr. Jaime Willbur, Potato and Sugar Beet Extension Pathologist with Michigan State Univ., regarding the late blight situation in Michigan. The genotype or clonal lineage of the late blight pathogen is US-23. This has been the predominant type in North America in recent years. While some metalaxyl/mefenoxam resistance …
Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 608-575-3029, Email: gevens@wisc.edu, Lab Website: https://vegpath.plantpath.wisc.edu/ Current P-Day (Early Blight) and Disease Severity Value (Late Blight) Accumulations. Thanks to Ben Bradford, UW-Madison Entomology; Stephen Jordan, UW-Madison Plant Pathology; and our grower collaborator weather station hosts for supporting this disease management effort in …
Jaime Willbur, Assistant Professor, Potato & Sugar Beet Pathology Program, Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University We have confirmed two reports of potato late blight in two separate field areas of Montcalm County, Michigan detected September 6 and September 7. Active sporulation was observed in both areas and infected fields have …
In This Issue:
• Metabolic herbicide resistance
• Potato disease risk and management recommendations for early blight and late blight
• Cucurbit downy mildew
• Tar spot on sweet corn