In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 608-575-3029, Email: gevens@wisc.edu Please note that this will be the last newsletter issued for our 2023 growing season production updates. We will periodically share …
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Yi Wang, Associate Professor & Extension Potato and Vegetable Production Specialist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, 608-265-4781, Email: wang52@wisc.edu. Overall, Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest were hot and dry through most of August. However, growers …
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 608-575-3029, Email: gevens@wisc.edu Early blight of potato/tomato. Accumulations of P-days this past week were between 46-56 across the state of Wisconsin. In all locations …
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Colonizing aphids Potato harvest and storage updates Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 608-575-3029, Email: gevens@wisc.edu Early blight of potato/tomato. Accumulations of P-days this past week were between 49-64 across …
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates New vegetable disease fact sheets Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 608-575-3029, Email: gevens@wisc.edu Early blight of potato/tomato. Accumulations of P-days this past week were between 47-64 across the state …
In This Issue: Potato crop production updates, Snap bean production updates, Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates, Cucurbit downy mildew updates
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Phytophthora nicotianae blight in potato Colorado Potato Beetle Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 608-575-3029, Email: gevens@wisc.edu Early blight of potato/tomato. Accumulations of P-days this past week were between 59-66 …
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Corn earworm and potato colonizing aphids 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/ Early blight of potato/tomato. Accumulations of P-days this past week were between …
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates New insect pest: Asiatic garden beetle Western bean cut worm, tarnished plant bug, squash bugs on cucurbit crops 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/ …
Late blight was confirmed in potato in Alliston, Canada on July 17, 2023. This is Simcoe County of the Province of Ontario. A sample of infected leaves was sent to Dr. Jean Ristaino’s lab at North Carolina State University where it was determined that the pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, was of the US-23 genotype. Dr. Eugenia Banks, the Potato Specialist at OMAF, …