University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: August 2023

Update 15 – Aug 27, 2023

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 …

Update 13 – Aug 13, 2023

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 …

Update 12 – Aug 6, 2023

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 …