In this issue: Potato and vegetable disease model updates Potato early blight management options Natural control of insects, Two-spotted spider mites and mint bud mite, onion thrips, aphids, and Colorado potato beetle updates Colorado potato …
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Update 2 – May 28, 2023
In this issue: Potato production progress updates Asparagus beetles, Colorado potato beetles, and seedcorn maggot updates Potato and vegetable disease model updates WI DATCP Special Local Need Registrations (24c) and Emergency Exemptions (Section 18) authorized …
Update 1 – May 21, 2023
In this issue: 2023 Commercial Vegetable Production in Wisconsin Guide (A3422) Potato and veg disease forecasting in 2023 UW Vegetable Disease and Insect Forecasting Network Wisconsin Mesonet Advancement Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension …
Update 23 – Sep 18, 2022
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 …
Update on late blight pathogen genotype from Michigan
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 …
Update 22 – Sep 11, 2022
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 …
Potato late blight confirmed in Michigan
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 …
Update 21 – September 5, 2022
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
Update 19 – Aug 21, 2022
In This Issue:
• Potato disease risk and management recommendations for early blight and late blight
• Cucurbit downy mildew
Update 17 – Aug 13, 2022
In This Issue:
• Potato production updates
• Cole crop caterpillar pests
• Caterpillar pests on vegetables
• Potato disease risk values and management
• Cucurbit downy mildew
• Basil downy mildew